uncastle
English
Etymology
un- + castle
Verb
uncastle (third-person singular simple present uncastles, present participle uncastling, simple past and past participle uncastled)
- (transitive) To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
- 1911, Dr. Doran, Saints and sinners: or, In church and about it: Volume 1
- The bishops simply hated Stephen for uncastling them.
- 1911, Dr. Doran, Saints and sinners: or, In church and about it: Volume 1
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uncastle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- launcets