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| cas·tle [ káss'l ] |
noun (plural cas·tles) |
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1. fortress: a large fortified building or complex of buildings, usually with tall solid walls, battlements, and a permanent garrison, built especially during the Middle Ages
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2. fortified house: especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, a large magnificent house built to resemble a fortified castle of the past
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3. private refuge: the building, property, or place to which somebody, especially the owner, turns for privacy or refuge
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4. chess
Same as rook2
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle cas·tled, present participle cas·tling, 3rd person present singular cas·tles) |
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chess move king and rook: in chess, to move the king two squares to the left or right and move the nearest rook over the king to the adjacent square on the opposite side
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| [Pre-12th century. < Latin castellum "fortified village" < castrum "fortified place"] |
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build castles in the air or in Spain to have dreams or plans that are extremely unlikely to be realized
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