On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Castling. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as castle and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Castling meaning
- An abortion, or a premature birth.
- The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
- A miniature cast or mould.
Synonyms of Castling
Using Castling
- The main meaning on this page is: An abortion, or a premature birth. | The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season. | A miniature cast or mould.
- Useful related words include: castle, chess move.
- In the example corpus, castling often appears in combinations such as: castling is, the castling, queenside castling.
Context around Castling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Castling
- In this selection, "castling" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kingside, queenside, main, main, consists and rules stand out and add context to how "castling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition queenside castling requires moving and castling is indicated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "castling" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with castling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A correctly timed castling can often enhance this. (8 words)
Castling is not a permissible response to a check. (9 words)
Nadeem got the breakthrough, castling de Bruyn, a reward for his consistency. (12 words)
Castling on opposite sides usually results in a fierce fight as both players' pawns are free to advance to attack the opposing king's castled position without exposing the player's own castled king. (34 words)
The loophole in the definition of castling upon which this problem was based was removed by the new requirement that the castling rook must occupy the same rank as the king. (31 words)
With Bandara absent hurt, Kuldeep finished off the match by castling Kumara and ending a 22-run partnership for the ninth wicket, completing a monstrous victory for India. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Castling is indicated by the special notations 0-0 for kingside castling and 0-0-0 for queenside castling.
Castling main Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then placing the rook on the other side of the king, adjacent to it.
Finally the rules around castling were standardized – variations in the castling rules had persisted in Italy until the late 19th century.
In addition, queenside castling requires moving the queen; therefore, it may take slightly longer to achieve than kingside castling.
The loophole in the definition of castling upon which this problem was based was removed by the new requirement that the castling rook must occupy the same rank as the king.
With Bandara absent hurt, Kuldeep finished off the match by castling Kumara and ending a 22-run partnership for the ninth wicket, completing a monstrous victory for India.
Janat later returned to complete his fifer, castling Keemo Paul with the perfect yorker.
Nadeem got the breakthrough, castling de Bruyn, a reward for his consistency.
A correctly timed castling can often enhance this.
Along with the king, the rook is involved during the king's castling move.
Castling is not a permissible response to a check.
Castling is often thought to help protect the king and often "connects" the player's two rooks together so the two rooks may protect each other.
Castling is permissible under the following conditions: citation * Neither the king nor the rook may have been previously moved during the game.
Castling is permitted only if the king and a rook were placed on their usual squares.
Castling on opposite sides usually results in a fierce fight as both players' pawns are free to advance to attack the opposing king's castled position without exposing the player's own castled king.
Castling was added to European chess in the 14th or 15th century and did not develop into its present form until the 17th century.
Except for any move of the knight and castling, pieces cannot jump over other pieces.
However, if castling is illegal, the touch-move rule applies to the rook.
However, in Persian the word for "castling" is qal'eh raften (from qal'eh, "castle") and not rokh raftan.
If one player castles kingside and the other queenside, it is called opposite (or opposite-side) castling.
Common combinations with castling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- castling is 7×
- the castling 5×
- queenside castling 4×
- of castling 4×
- castling was 3×
- for castling 3×
- kingside castling 2×
- castling rules 2×
- if castling 2×