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(castles) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles. N-COUNT see also sand castle 2. In chess, a castle is a piece that can be moved forwards, backwards, or sideways. = rook N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old French & Latin; Old French dialect (Norman-Picard) castel, from Latin castellum fortress, diminutive of castrum fortified place; perhaps akin to Latin castrare to castrate Date: before 12th century 1. a. a large fortified building or set of buildings b. a massive or imposing house 2. a retreat safe against intrusion or invasion 3. rook III II. verb (~d; castling) Date: 1587 transitive verb 1. to establish in a ~ 2. to move (the chess king) in castling intransitive verb to move a chess king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a large fortified building or group of buildings; a stronghold. b a formerly fortified mansion. 2 Chess = ROOK(2). --v. Chess 1 intr. make a special move (once only in a game on each side) in which the king is moved two squares along the back rank and the nearer rook is moved to the square passed over by the king. 2 tr. move (the king) by castling. Phrases and idioms castles in the air (or in Spain) a visionary unattainable scheme; a day-dream. Derivatives castled adj. Etymology: AF & ONF castel, chastel f. L castellum dimin. of castrum fort ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. замок; дворец 2. ист. Дублинский замок, резиденция вице-короля 3. твердыня, убежище an Englishman's hourse is his castle —- дом англичанина - его крепость 4. шахм. ладья 5. корабль 6. спец. контейнер shielding castle —- защитный контейнер (для радиактивных веществ) Id: to build castles in the air —- строить воздушные замки; фантазировать 7. заключать в замок 8. шахм. рокировать; рокироваться castle-builder 1. мечтатель, фантазер ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) замок; дворец 2) твердыня; убежище 3) chess ладья castles in the air/in the sky/in Spain - воздушные замки 2. v. chess рокировать(ся) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- late O.E. castel, from L. castellum "fortified village," dim. of castrum "fort" (related to castrare "cut off"), which came to O.E. as ceaster and formed the -caster and -chester in place names. The move in chess is recorded under this name from 1656. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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