A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
An instance of castling.
A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle
Castle class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR
The first part of the name of certain nuclear tests by the US: Castle Bravo, Castle Romeo, Castle Yankee etc. See Operation Castle.
From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citade...
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To protect or separate in a similar way.
Castle me in the armes of thy everlasting strength.
To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.