castled
Made chess's double-move
Castled describes having a castle or castles: a castled hill overlooking the Rhine.
The word appears mainly in literary or poetic contexts evoking medieval landscapes.
In chess, castled describes a king that has completed castling—the move where king and rook swap positions to tuck the king safely behind pawns: His castled king looked secure until the bishop broke through.
Chess piece or corvid
- kingMale crowned ruler
- kingsideKing's half of board
- queensideChess board's left half
- checkmateInescapable capture position
endgame · opening · middlegame · tactics · gambit · zugzwang · tempo · development
Notched defensive wall top
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- keepRetain or fortified tower
- moatDefensive water ditch
drawbridge · portcullis · barbican · parapet · embrasure · stronghold · citadel · bastion
rook
Chess piece or corvid
checkmate · endgame · opening · middlegame · tactics · gambit · zugzwang · tempo · development · initiative
battlements
Notched defensive wall top
moat · drawbridge · portcullis · barbican · parapet · embrasure · stronghold · citadel · bastion · garrison
lord
Nobleman or ruler
landed · manor · lineage · ancestral · titled · peerage · gentry · heritage · dynasty · aristocracy
castledunfortified
Lacking military defenses
plain · defenseless · unwalled · bare · open
- sand castleSeaside structure from sediment
- bouncy castleInflatable structure for leaping
- Castle RockFictional Maine township
- castle toursGuided walks through historic strongholds
- fairy tale castle
- castle in the skyImpossible imagined goal