castle builder (kaslbilder)

1. One who builds castles. - 2. Especially, one who builds castles in the air; a visionary; a daydreamer. I... am one of that species of men who are properly denominated castle - builders , who scorn to be beholden to the earth for a foundation. Steele , Spectator, No. 167. astle-building (kas'l-bilding), n. 1. The act of building castles.-2. Especially, building castles in the air; day-dreaming. The pleasant languor, the dreamy tranquillity, the airy castle- building which in Asia stand in lieu of the vigorous, intensive, pa ionate life of Europe. R. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 23. castled (kas'ld), a. [ castle + -ed2.] Fur nished with a castle or castles. The castled crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine. Byron, Childe Harold, iii. 55. is the fo , 20 yards broad; b, the gate, approached by two swing-bridges, defended by two guard-rooms, and having a double porteullis within, giving entrance to vaulted guard-rooms with sleeping-apartments, etc., above, c; d, inner bailey or courtyard; e, covered buildings for the men defending the walls or curtains; f, apartments for the family, entered by the grand staircase, g; h, great hall, with storerooms and vaults below; i, donjon or keep (the chapel is seen behind it), the strongest part of the castle, with walls of immense thickne , suited to form the last retreat of the garrison. Atk is a postern lead ing from the donjon and communicating with an outer postern, drawbridge, etc.; l, m, n, o are the chief towers flanking the outer walls. At the foot of the Mount Syon is a faire Castelle and a strong, that the Soudan leet make. of a castle; a castle-yard. castle-guard (kas'l-gärd), n. 1. The guard which defends a castle.-2. A feudal charge or duty due from a tenant to his lord, payable either in personal service in defending the lord's castle or by commutations in money in certain cases. which such a tenant had on the land granted him by his lord.-4. The circuit around a cas- tle subject to taxation for its maintenance. Also called castle - ward . castlery, castelryt (kas'l-ri, -tel-ri), n.; pl. castleries, castelries + (-riz). [OF. castellerie , Mandeville, Travels, p. 92. ML. castella ria , equiv. to castellan i a : see castel- II. a. Abortive. S. Butler , Hudibras. Castnia (kast'ni-ä), n. [NL. (Fabric i us, 1807).] The typical genus of moths of the family Cast niida.