CASTLE
/kæsl̩/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
C(3) A(1) S(1) T(1) L(1) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/kæsl̩/
noun
- A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
- An instance of castling.
- A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
- A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A close helmet.
verb
- To house or keep in a castle.
- To protect or separate in a similar way.
- To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
- (usually intransitive) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (usually intransitive) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
Source: Wiktionary
