Castle vs Door - What's the difference?
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A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
(chess) An instance of castling.
(chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
(obsolete) A close helmet.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p. 12,
(dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
(dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(chess) To perform the move of castling.
(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
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A that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
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, chapter=20 Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
A non-physical into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
(computing, dated) A . See (BBS door).
As a proper noun castle
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(wikipedia castle)Noun
(en noun)- The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel , a small or light helmet.
Usage notes
For the chess piece, chess players prefer the term rook.Synonyms
* (building) fortress, keepDerived terms
* build castles in the air * castellated * castle in the air * ice castle * king of the castle * sandcastleSee also
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(castl)Lightning Bolt blows over Gayle, BBC Sport:
- And the 23-year-old brought the crowd to their feet when he castled Gayle's stumps, signalling the direction of the pavilion to his friend for good measure.
A day for missed hat-tricks, ESPNcricinfo:
- He bowled Vinay with a with a full, straight ball that castled off stump and then dished up a yorker that RP Singh backed away to and sent onto his stumps.
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(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
