CASTLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does castling mean? 

• CASTLING (noun)
  The noun CASTLING has 1 sense:

1. interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

  Familiarity information: CASTLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASTLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

castle; castling

Hypernyms ("castling" is a kind of...):

chess move (the act of moving a chess piece)

Derivation:

castle (move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king)