Meaning

6 senses
  1. A miniature cast or mould.

  2. One that is cast.

  3. (uncountable, usually)A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

    Rochade

    рокиро́вкаrokiróvka

  4. (uncountable, usually)The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車).

  5. (obsolete)An abortion, or a premature birth.

    1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5

  6. (obsolete)The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.

More definitions
  • interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
move in chess:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
move in chess:

Origin

From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) + -ing.

From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) + -ing.

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Forms

plural: castlings
Singularcastling
Pluralcastlings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • interchanging the positions of the king and a rook:castle

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcastle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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