Noun
Millionaires built their castles along the lake.
the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege
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Noun
Well, lucky for you, the BBC just premiered the first season of The Celebrity Traitors, which features stars from across the pond who will be sequestered in the castle trying to find the murderers.—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025 For reference, the original castle at Windsor was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror.—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
The proactive Axar Patel hit an aggressive 27 before being castled by Nathan Ellis.—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 For example, pawns could not move two squares on their first turn, and there was no similar rule for castling.—Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times, 27 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for castle
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old French & Latin; Old French dialect (Norman-Picard) castel, from Latin castellum fortress, diminutive of castrum fortified place; perhaps akin to Latin castrare to castrate
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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