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castle

Dictionary definition · castle

noun

  1. a large and stately mansion
  2. a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
  3. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
  4. interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

verb

  1. move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).