What does "castle" mean?
Castle: Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
Additional senses
- 2.A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
- 3.A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne). See Fortress.
- 4.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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