castling

== English == === Etymology 1 === From cast + -ling. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæstlɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== castling (plural castlings) (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 (obsolete) The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season. A miniature cast or mould. One that is cast. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English castellinge, equivalent to castle (verb) +‎ -ing. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːsəlɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæsəlɪŋ/ ==== Noun ==== castling (usually uncountable, plural castlings) (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. (shogi) The act of constructing a defense structure in Japanese chess in which the king (玉) is positioned in a certain way so that it is protected by pawns (歩) and silver general(s) (銀) and/or gold general(s) (金) often with an additional knight (桂) and lance (香車). ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== castling present participle and gerund of castle === Anagrams === catlings, sclating