castle

Examples

• All

• It's important to castle early in the game to keep your king safe.

• I asked, and she said she didn't know what "to castle" meant.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Yeah, let's say the king is in the corner, so to to castle this side you have you have to clear a whole lot of pieces.

• Hey, you can't move the castle diagonally.

  The Outpost (2020)

• Castle, pawn, knight, bishop, rook...

  Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

• In chess, after moving my knight, I decided to castle to protect my king.

Synonyms

C

castling

vscastle

• Specialized

1 7.9

A special move in chess where the king and a rook move at the same time

is the identical move but named with an alternate form or spelling

Idioms

K

king of the castle

• Informal

1 7.0

A person who has most power and control in a place

C

castle in the air

• Informal

1 8.2

An idea or plan that is unrealistic and unlikely to happen

C

castle in Spain

• Archaic

9.9

A hope or plan that sounds nice but is unlikely to happen

Compounds

A

air castle

• Informal

9.9

A dream that is not likely to come true

B

Balmoral Castle

6.2

A large castle in northeast Scotland where the British king or queen lives privately

L

long castle

• Jargon

5.5

Move the king two squares toward the queen's side and put the rook next to it

S

short castle

• Jargon

7.5

To move the king two squares toward its rook and put that rook beside the king

W

worm castle

• UK

7.2

A container where worms turn kitchen scraps into soil for plants

Surface Forms

Etymology