castle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin castellum, literally little camp, from castrum, camp, from casa, hut or cottage

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: käs'(ə)l, IPA: /ˈkɑːs(ə)l/, SAMPA: /"kA:s(@)l/
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  Rhymes: -ɑːs(ə)l

• enPR: kăs'(ə)l, IPA: /ˈkæs(ə)l/, SAMPA: /"k{s(@)l/

  Rhymes: -æs(ə)l

[edit] Noun

castle (plural castles)

1. A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
2. A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook.
3. (obsolete) A close helmet.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p. 12,

     The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet.

[edit] Usage notes

For the chess piece, chess players prefer the term rook.

[edit] Synonyms

• (1): fortress, keep
• (2): rook

[edit] Derived terms

• castellated
• castles in the air
• ice castle
• king of the castle
• sandcastle

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[edit] Verb

to castle (third-person singular simple present castles, present participle castling, simple past and past participle castled)

1. (chess) To perform the move of castling.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acelst
• cleats
• sclate