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English

Etymology 1

From cast + -ling.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/

Noun

  1. An abortion, or a premature birth.
  2. *1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling’s bladder — Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5
  3. The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.


Etymology 2

From castle/

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɑːsəlɪŋ/


Noun

  1. 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.


Translations

See also


fr:castling it:castling ru:castling fi:castling

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Castling \Cast"ling\, n.
That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
--Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Castling \Cas"tling\, n. (Chess)
A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Castle \Cas"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Castling.] (Chess)
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the
king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the
purpose of covering the king.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet castling
n : interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [syn: castle]
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