Complete Definition of "castling"

English

Etymology 1
From cast + -ling.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�k��stlɪ�/

Noun
en-noun

  1. obsolete An abortion, or a premature birth.

#*1646: Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon the urine in a castling�s bladder � Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book II, ch 5

  1. obsolete The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.

Etymology 2
From castle/

Pronunciation
IPA|/�k��s�lɪ�/

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. chess A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

Translations
trans-top|move in chess
Czech: rošáda f
Dutch: rokade f
Esperanto: aroko
Estonian: vangerdus
Finnish: linnoittautuminen, tornitus
French: roque m
German: Rochade f
Hebrew: �צר�� f
Hungarian: sáncolás
Icelandic: hrókering f
Ido: roquo
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Italian: arrocco
Latvian: rok�de
Polish: roszada f
Russian: �оки�овка
Serbian: �окада (rokada)
Slovenian: rošada f, rokada f
Spanish: enroque m
Swedish: rockad
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See also
w:Castling|Wikipedia article on castling

fr:castling
ru:castling
fi:castling

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