castling
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castling¹
- /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈkæstlɪŋ/ US
noun castlings
- 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
- The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
- 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 [...]
- 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, […]
castling²
- /ˈkɑːsəlɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈkæsəlɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) + -ing.
noun castlings
- 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.
- 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).
verb
- present participle and gerund of castle
Castling³
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun move in chess
| Español | enroque |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | キャスリング kyasuringu |
| 中文 | 王車易位 /王车易位 wáng-jū yìwèi |
| Português | roque |
| Français | roque |
| Deutsch | Rochade |
| Italiano | arrocco |
| Română | rocadă |
| Русский | рокиро́вка rokiróvka |
| Tiếng Việt | nhập thành |
| العربية | تَبْيِيت tabyīt |
| עברית | הצרחה |
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title = {castling},
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