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castle
noun
a
large
,
strong
building
or
group
of
buildings
with
high
walls
and
towers
,
built
in
the
past
to
defend
the
people
inside
from
attack
•
During
their
vacation
in
France
,
the
family
toured
a
medieval
castle
perched
on
a
hill
.
During
their
vacation
in
France
,
the
family
toured
a
medieval
castle
perched
on
a
hill
.
•
From
the
top
of
the
castle
,
we
could
see
the
entire
surrounding
valley
.
From
the
top
of
the
castle
,
we
could
see
the
entire
surrounding
valley
.
Old
English
castel
,
from
Latin
castellum
“
fortified
place
,”
diminutive
of
castrum
“
fort
.”
noun
a
rook
,
one
of
the
two
large
corner
pieces
in
the
game
of
chess
•
His
castle
controlled
the
entire
open
file
.
His
castle
controlled
the
entire
open
file
.
•
She
sacrificed
a
knight
to
win
her
opponent's
castle
.
She
sacrificed
a
knight
to
win
her
opponent's
castle
.
By
extension
from
the
fortress-like
shape
of
the
piece
.
verb
-
castle
,
castling
,
castles
,
castled
in
chess
,
to
move
the
king
two
squares
toward
a
rook
and
then
place
that
rook
on
the
square
next
to
the
king
in
a
single
move
•
Seeing
the
open
center
,
she
decided
to
castle
early
for
safety
.
Seeing
the
open
center
,
she
decided
to
castle
early
for
safety
.
•
You
cannot
castle
if
either
the
king
or
the
rook
has
moved
before
.
You
cannot
castle
if
either
the
king
or
the
rook
has
moved
before
.
From
the
noun
castle
(
rook
);
the
motion
pairs
the
king
with
the
rook
piece
.