Antonyms for castled


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kas-uhl, kah-suhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl


Definition of castled

Origin :
  • move in chess, recorded under this name from 1650s, from castle (n.), as an old alternative name for the rook, one of the pieces moved. Related: Castled; castling.
  • As in exchange : verb trade
Example sentences :
  • The night gathers over the castled crags and the mysterious forests.
  • Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert
  • The German waiter at the inn asked with great gravity if we admired it more than 'the castled crag of Drachenfels.'
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 » by Augustus J. C. Hare
  • Castled upon the hill above, it simulated power in more ways than one.
  • Extract from : « In a Mysterious Way » by Anne Warner
  • Ravines profound as night lie near the castled hills, in which all manner of noxious things swarm and multiply.
  • Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Spain » by Lewis Spence
  • While all is hushed, watch the castled crag and the gnarled pine on the hilltop blacken against the golden afterglow.
  • Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
  • Not upon the Rhine, with its castled rocks—not upon the shores of that ancient inland sea—not among the Isles of the Ind.
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • Even on one's way to Italy one may spare a throb of desire for the beautiful vision of the castled Grisons.
  • Extract from : « Italian Hours » by Henry James
  • Reflected in that stream is the castled crag of Drachenfels, mirrored as in my heart the image of my dearest Catherine.
  • Extract from : « The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I.(of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It can only be compared to a castled burg of the Rhine or Meuse: it is like nothing else in modern France.
  • Extract from : « Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy » by Francis Miltoun
  • Looking back, after passing, we saw a knoll or hillock, of which the castled rock is the bare face.
  • Extract from : « Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for castled

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