Castle
['kɑːs(ə)l] or ['kæsl]
Definition
(noun.) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook.
(noun.) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack.
(noun.) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
(verb.) move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
(n.) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
(n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
(v. i.) 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.
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fortress, citadel, stronghold, fortified residence.[2]. Rook (in chess).
Editor: Mervin
Definition
n. a fortified house or fortress: the residence of a prince or nobleman or a large country mansion generally: anything built in the likeness of such: a defensive tower borne on an elephant's back: a large ship esp. of war.—v.t. to enclose or fortify with a castle.—v.i. (chess) to bring the castle or rook up to the square next the king and move the king to the other side of the castle.—n. Cas′tellan governor or captain of a castle.—adj. Cas′tellated having turrets and battlements like a castle.—n. Cas′tle-build′ing the act of building castles in the air or forming visionary projects.—adj. Cas′tled furnished with castles.—n. Cas′tle-guard the guard for the defence of a castle.—Castles in the air or in Spain groundless or visionary projects.—The Castle Dublin Castle the seat of the viceroy and the executive—Castle influence &c.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being in a castle, you will be possessed of sufficient wealth to make life as you wish. You have prospects of being a great traveler, enjoying contact with people of many nations. To see an old and vine-covered castle, you are likely to become romantic in your tastes, and care should be taken that you do not contract an undesirable marriage or engagement. Business is depressed after this dream. To dream that you are leaving a castle, you will be robbed of your possessions, or lose your lover or some dear one by death.
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Examples
- My mill is my castle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Prepare the Castle-hall for the trial of the sorceress. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They spoke glibly of the after cabin, the for'rard cabin, port and starboard and the fo'castle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nearly seven hundred years ago, that castle was the property of the noble Count Luigi Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova---- What was his other name? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- These ornaments are of value, yet are they trifling to what he would bestow to obtain our dismissal from this castle, free and uninjured. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The roofs fell away from the castle on the hill. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Lord Raymond requested permission to accompany her to Windsor Castle, to which she consented, and they quitted the cottage together. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I returned to Windsor by the Long Walk, and passing through the town towards the Castle, I found it in a state of agitation and disturbance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Building away with all his might, but reserving the plans of his castle exclusively for his own eye, Mr Dorrit posted away for Marseilles. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I expressed the readiness I felt, and we went into the castle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The castle walls, and long familiar trees, did not hear the parting sound of our carriage-wheels with regret. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thus, we talked of them, and moralized, as with diminished numbers we returned to Windsor Castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was the first man that brought ships to contemn castles on the shore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would take away his title and his lands and his castles, and--it would take them away from Jane Porter also. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We have all read of the castles in olden days into which the owner could retire and raise a drawbridge across a ditch, thus putting a barrier in the way of his enemies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They had a charming time, for _The Seven Castles Of The Diamond Lake_ was as brilliant and wonderful as heart could wish. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The high and snowy mountains were its immediate boundaries; but we saw no more ruined castles and fertile fields. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The airy foundation on which I built my castles caused them ever to descend. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Unimportant people slept about anywhere as retainers did in the medi?val castles and as people still do in Indian households. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true, and we could live in them? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The keepers of those houses or castles might be considered as a sort of military governors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The castles, churches and convents of the middle ages had their often highly ornamental locks and their warders to guard and open them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hence they remain mere fancies, romantic castles in the air, or aimless speculations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His houses were all built in the form of castles, and seem to have been the principal fortresses which he possessed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You're going to the theater to see the _Seven Castles! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Do you remember our castles in the air? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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