becastled

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/bɪˈkæsəld//bɪˈkɑːsəld/

adjective

Fortified by or furnished with a castle or castles.

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Meanings

adjectivebecastled (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFortified by or furnished with a castle or castles.

    As long as you were living in Edinburgh I did not venture to seek you out, for how could I hope, in that becastled town (which, spite of many descriptions, always perplexes me), to find out a quiet friend.

    1887, Correspondence between Goethe and Carlyle (ed. Charles Eliot Norton; pub. Macmillan), page 135

Origin

From be- + castle + -ed.

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Translations

Finnish linnoitettu
  • linnoitettufurtified or furnished with castles
Cite this entry
APA

becastled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becastled

MLA

“becastled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becastled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “becastled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becastled.

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