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Castled vs Casted - What's the difference?

castled | casted |

As verbs the difference between castled and casted

is that castled is (castle) while casted is (nonstandard) (cast).

As an adjective casted is

(medicine) set in a cast or casted can be having membership in a caste.

castled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (castle)

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    castle

    English

    (wikipedia castle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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,
    • 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.
  • (dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
  • (dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

    • Usage notes

    For the chess piece, chess players prefer the term rook.

    Synonyms

    * (building) fortress, keep

    Derived terms

    * build castles in the air * castellated * castle in the air * ice castle * king of the castle * sandcastle

    See also

    * *

    Verb

    (castl)
  • (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.
  • * 2009 , 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.
  • * 2011 , Firdose Moonda, 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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    casted

    English

    Etymology 1

    See (cast)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (cast)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Set in a cast.
  • * 2000 , Delores Christina Schoen, Adult orthopaedic nursing (page 141)
    • Use pillows under the casted leg to prevent flat spots and underlying pressure areas, especially on the heel and the posterior portion of the cast.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having membership in a caste.

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