castle building
Erecting medieval fortresses
Castle building is the practice of constructing castles, either literally or as a hobby involving models and miniatures.
Figuratively, it describes creating elaborate plans or fantasies that may be impractical—similar to building castles in the air: His business proposal was just castle building, with no realistic path to profit.
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- towerTall slender edifice
- moatDefensive water ditch
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- turretProtruding fortified structure
rampart · stone walls · defensive walls · stone · medieval · Middle Ages · knight · knight in armor · coat of arms · siege · battlement · keep · dungeon · parapet · stronghold · mason · fortification · sandcastle
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- Late Medievalfeudal lords, Black Death, knighthood, medieval knights, bubonic plague
- Norman EnglandWilliam the Conqueror, feudalism, Domesday Book, Norman French, Anglo-Norman
- Lego hobbiesseasonal displays
- Beira historyMonsanto, Reconquista, Roman occupation, medieval fortifications, Jewish heritage
- 11th CenturyBattle of Hastings, Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror, First Crusade, Domesday Book
castle buildingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
destruction · razing · tearing down · wrecking · dismantling
castle buildingtent pitching
Erecting portable shelter
sandcastle building · makeshift housing · bivouac · igloo building
castle buildingdemilitarization
Removal of armed forces
castle, building, castles, castled, build, builds, built, builder, builders