castling

4 definitions found

castling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Castling \Cast"ling\, n.
     That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
     --Sir T. Browne.
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  Castling \Cas"tling\, n. (Chess)
     A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.
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  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.
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castling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  castling
      n 1: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [syn:
           castle, castling]