[
UK
/kˈɑːsəl/
]
[ US /ˈkæsəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈkæsəɫ/ ]
VERB
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
NOUN
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- a large and stately mansion
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
How To Use castle In A Sentence
- After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- The lorde, Generall perceiuing that many men were slaine with the ordenance, caused fiue peeces of brasse to bee brought from the castle which we had taken the daie before, and towarde the euening we beganne to make a battery, and the same euening brought into it three peeces, whereof two were placed presentlie to play vppon the Castle and the hill; but that euening were but fiue or sixe shotte made. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- She visited her relatives in Castledermot on a yearly basis when her brother and sister were alive.
- Their models are forts and castles, moats and drawbridges.
- This would connect the castle to a roadway usually across a moat or ditch.
- The lobby and restaurant are in the original castle building. Times, Sunday Times
- There may be a chill in the air this winter, but if you're in the vicinity of the Royal Theatre in Castlebar chances are it will come from the Ice Ballet.
- We're on a misty riverbank, with lush, flowering trees and towering storybook castles in the background.
- Upon these, and along the walls, which in most castles were topped by a parapet and a kind of embrasure called crennels, the defenders of the castle were stationed during a siege, and from thence discharged arrows, darts, stones, and every kind of annoyance they could procure, upon their enemies. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
- He stated once that Castle Howard was probably the first venue to stage outdoor concerts, apart from opera honeypot Glyndebourne, in Sussex.