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Rarecastling
The correct spelling is castling.
How to pronounce castling
noun
IPA: /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/
Say it like: Cas-tli-ng
The correct spelling is castling. An abortion, or a premature birth. For example: "1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5"
Usage Examples
“1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An abortion, or a premature birth.
- 2.The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
- 3.A miniature cast or mould.
- 4.One that is cast.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To house or keep in a castle.
- 2.To protect or separate in a similar way.
- 3.To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
- 4.(usually intransitive) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- 5.(usually intransitive) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
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