castling
/ˈkæstlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.67 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One that is cast.
noun
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.
Uncountable
noun
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) and lance (香車).
Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5"
- "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 [...]"
- "[…] 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, […]"
- "Castling is prevented temporarily: […] If there is any piece between the king and the rook with which castling is to be effected."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English -ling English castling From cast + -ling.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæstlɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/