CASTLE
\kˈasə͡l], \kˈasəl], \k_ˈa_s_əl]\
Definitions of CASTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
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a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
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move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
By Princeton University
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interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
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a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
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Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
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A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
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A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
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To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
By Oddity Software
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A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
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Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
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A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
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A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
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To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A fortified house or fortress: the residence of a prince or nobleman. Formerly a term applied to a kind of helmet. Some commentators have unnecessarily given casque or helmet as the equivalent of castle in the following passage:- Which of your hands hath not defended Rome, And reared aloft the bloody battle-ax, Writing destruction on the enemy's castle!-Shak.
By Daniel Lyons
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