Castle

English word definition — powered by WordNet

NOUN

a large and stately mansion

a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

VERB

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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