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Princeton's WordNet

  1. castle, castlingnoun

    interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Castlingnoun

    An abortive.

    Etymology: from cast.

    We should rather rely upon the urine of a castling ’s bladder, a resolution of crabs eyes, or a second distillation of urine, as Helmont hath commended. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

Wikipedia

  1. Castling

    Castling is a move in chess. It consists of moving one’s king two squares toward a rook on the same rank and then moving the rook to the square that the king passed over. Castling is permitted only if neither the king nor the rook has previously moved; the squares between the king and the rook are vacant; and the king does not leave, cross over, or end up on a square attacked by an opposing piece. Castling is the only move in chess in which two pieces are moved at once.Castling with the king's rook is called castling kingside, and castling with the queen's rook is called castling queenside. In both algebraic and descriptive notation, castling kingside is written as 0-0 and castling queenside as 0-0-0. Castling originates from the king's leap, a two-square king move added to European chess between the 14th and 15th centuries, and took on its present form in the 17th century; however, local variations in castling rules were common, persisting in Italy until the late 19th century. Castling does not exist in Asian games of the chess family, such as shogi, xiangqi, and janggi, but it commonly appears in variants of Western chess.

ChatGPT

  1. castling

    Castling is a special move in the game of chess that involves two pieces, the king and one of the rooks. This move is the only time in chess when a player can move two pieces during a single turn, and it has specific conditions regarding how and when it can be performed. The purpose of castling is to enhance the safety of the king and connect the rooks. In castling, the king moves two squares towards the rook, and then the rook moves to the square the king skipped over. There are two types of castling, kingside and queenside, depending on which direction the king is moving.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Castling

    of Castle

  2. Castlingnoun

    that which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion

  3. Castlingnoun

    a compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i

Wikidata

  1. Castling

    Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving the king and either of the original rooks of the same color. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces at the same time. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank, then moving the rook onto the square over which the king crossed. Castling can only be done if the king has never moved, the rook involved has never moved, the squares between the king and the rook involved are not occupied, the king is not in check, and the king does not cross over or end on a square in which it would be in check. Castling is one of the rules of chess and is technically a king move. The notation for castling, in both the descriptive and the algebraic systems, is 0-0 with the kingside rook and 0-0-0 with the queenside rook. Castling on the kingside is sometimes called castling short and castling on the queenside is called castling long; the difference being based on whether the rook moves a short distance or a long distance. Castling was added to European chess in the 14th or 15th century and did not develop into its present form until the 17th century. The Asian versions of chess do not have such a move.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Castling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Castling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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