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Adjective: castled  kã-suld
  1. Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
    "The castled roofline of the medieval fortress was visible from miles away";
    - embattled, battlemented, castellated, crenelated
     
  2. (chess) having performed castling; positioned after castling
    "The castled king was well protected behind its pawns"
     
  3. Having or defended by castles; fortified with castles
    "The castled hilltops dominated the medieval landscape"
Verb: castle  kã-sul
  1. (chess) move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
    "He castled early in the game to protect his king"

See also: fancy

Type of: go, move

Encyclopedia: Castle, Newcastle upon Tyne