castle
a large and stately mansion
How often you will meet it
Rank 963 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,030 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a large and stately mansion also: palace
- 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 also: rook
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook also: castling
verb
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
castle in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Here he halted to look at the castle.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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This ivy envelops a great castle in ruins.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Soon the gray towers of the old castle in which he was born hid themselves behind him.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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He wrapped her up in his cloak, placed her before him on his horse, and brought her to his castle.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The Abbot Joachim Prologue: The Spire of Strasburg Cathedral I. The Castle of Vautsberg on the Rhine Courtyard of the Castle II.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1