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Chatelet :: Chatelet (n.) A little castle.

Fastness :: Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains..

Air-built :: Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle..

Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle..

Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

Castlet :: Castlet (n.) A small castle.

Castled :: Castled (a.) Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag..

Castlery :: Castlery (n.) The government of a castle.

Castleward :: Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Bar :: Bar (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Castling :: Castling (n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i..

Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..

Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..

Castellany :: Castellany (n.) The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Bury :: Bury (n.) A manor house; a castle.

Piece :: Piece (n.) A castle; a fortified building.

Tanist :: Tanist (n.) In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry..

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