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castling
UK /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/ US /ˈkæstlɪŋ/
noun 6name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
mean, soft, special
VERB + CASTLING
don't, like
CASTLING + NOUN
bladder, king, rooks, s, sir
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
temporarily
Definitions
noun
1
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
2
The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
3
A miniature cast or mould.
From the Celeste's own image was the first castling molded. A soft, delicate creature of flesh and blood she would call Woman. So that Her castlings may never feel the loneliness she Herself did suffer, she bestowed woman with a mate [...]
4
One that is cast.
[…] ſhift for themselves, and ſeek out new habitations; ſuch caſtlings might in their waudring throughout the South Sea (moſt of the Oriental Iſlands being formerly inhabited by their Off-ſpring) fall with the coaſt of Peru, […]
noun
1
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.
Castling is prevented temporarily: […] If there is any piece between the king and the rook with which castling is to be effected.
2
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)
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5
Wiktionary02
From the Celeste's own image was the first castling molded. A soft, delicate creature of flesh and blood she would call Woman. So that Her castlings may never feel the loneliness she Herself did suffe
Wiktionary03
[…] ſhift for themselves, and ſeek out new habitations; ſuch caſtlings might in their waudring throughout the South Sea (moſt of the Oriental Iſlands being formerly inhabited by their Off-ſpring) fall
Wiktionary04
Castling is prevented temporarily: […] If there is any piece between the king and the rook with which castling is to be effected.
Wiktionary05
In castling, the king as well as a rook is moved.
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I don't like castling.
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