English Dictionary

castle

/ˈkɑːsəl/

verb

(transitive) To house or keep in a castle. / (transitive, figuratively) To protect or separate in a similar way.

The king decided to castle his loyal knights in the newly built castle.

意味（1）

(transitive) To house or keep in a castle.

...to encastle, to Castle.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To protect or separate in a similar way.

Castle me in the armes of thy everlasting strength.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.

...Bake metes and dish metes... peynted and castelled with papir...

意味（4）

(usually intransitive, chess) 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.

He [i.e., the king] may change (or Castle) with this Rooke, that is, he may goe two draughts at once towards this Rooke... causing the Rooke to stand next to him on either side.

意味（5）

(usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

意味（6）

(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.

And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure.