Meanings
nounsummercastle (plural summercastles)
plural summercastles
- a movable tower used in sieges
Synonyms: summertower
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan elevated structure on a ship
Similar
summer-hutch
nouna movable tower used in sieges
Similar
summertower
Also see
Origin
- Middle Englishsomer castel
- Englishsummercastle
From Middle English somer castel, somercastel, somercastell, somyr castell.
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APA
summercastle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summercastle
MLA
“summercastle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summercastle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summercastle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summercastle.
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