Definizione monolingua

castle

castle (third-person singular simple present castles, present participle castling, simple past and past participle castled)

1. (chess) To perform the move of castling.
2. (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
   • 2009, Lightning Bolt blows over Gayle, BBC Sport:

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

   • 2011, Firdose Moonda, A day for missed hat-tricks, ESPNcricinfo:

     He bowled Vinay with a with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps.

castle (plural castles)

1. A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
2. A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook.
3. (obsolete) A close helmet.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p. 12,

     The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet.

Definizione dizionario castle

	castello
	fortified building
	Edificio o gruppo di edifici storici composti principalmente da torri e mura utilizzati a scopi di difesa dalle forze militari.
	Historical building or group of building used for defense by military forces, whose main structures are walls and towers.

	torre
	A piece of chess commonly shaped like a tower. Each player has two, and they move in straight horizontal or vertical lines across the board.

	rocco
	A piece of chess commonly shaped like a tower. Each player has two, and they move in straight horizontal or vertical lines across the board.

	fortezza
	Edificio o gruppo di edifici storici composti principalmente da torri e mura utilizzati a scopi di difesa dalle forze militari.
	Historical building or group of building used for defense by military forces, whose main structures are walls and towers.

Altri significati:

A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.

(obsolete) A close helmet.

to perform the move of castling

A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook.

(chess) To perform the move of castling.