How do you use the word "castle" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "castle" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "castle": What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air. A castle stands a little way up the hill.

Castle Meaning

/ˈkɑːsəl/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

nounAn instance of castling.

Sentence Examples

What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air.

A castle stands a little way up the hill.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rook

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The king lived in a massive stone ____ with tall towers and a moat.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

An ancient ____ stands on the high hill overlooking the whole city.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Proto-Italic *kastrom Latin castrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin castellumbor. Proto-West Germanic *kastell Old English castel Middle English castel English castle From Middle English castle, castel, from late Old English castel, castell (“a town, village”), borrowed from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”), diminutive of Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”). Doublet of cashel, castell, castellum, and château. Parallel borrowings (from Late Latin or Old French) are Scots castel, castell (“castle”), West Frisian kastiel (“castle”), Dutch kasteel (“castle”), German Kastell (“castle”), Danish kastel (“citadel”), Swedish kastell (“citadel”), Icelandic kastali (“castle”), Welsh castell. The late Old English word was borrowed from biblical Latin castellum which has been translated as town or village. With the sense of castle, from Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel (“castle”), itself from Late Latin castellum (“small camp, fort”) (compare modern French château from Old French chastel). If Latin castrum (“camp, fort, citadel, stronghold”) is from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“hut, shed”), Latin casa (“cottage, hut”) is related. Possibly related also to Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌸𐌾𐍉 (hēþjō, “chamber”), Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”). See also casino, cassock.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 12:

"Nay, he was quite an adept, and was very effective as a change bowler, for in no time he demolished the castle of any batsman." — 1966, Gurdeep Singh, Cricket in Northern India, page 59:

"...Some fierce tribe, castled on the mountain-peak..." — 1871, Robert Browning, Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, section 116:

"He [i.e., the king] may change (or Castle) with this Rooke, that is, he may goe two draughts at once towards this Rooke... causing the Rooke to stand next to him on either side." — 1656, Gioachino Greco, translated by Francis Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, Being the Study of Biochimo, page 8:

"No. 24. ¶ If your adversary make a false move, castle improperly, &c., you must take notice of such irregularity before you move, or even touch a piece, or you are no longer allowed to inflict any penalties." — 1835, William Lewis, Chess for Beginners, Ch. 5, p. 24:

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