Chateau

sha-tō′, n. a castle, a great country-seat, esp. in France (common in place-names, and connected with wines, as 'Château Lafitte,' 'Château Yqem,' .).— ns. Chatelain (shat′e-lān), a castellan; Chat′elaine , a female castellan: an ornamental appendage, suitable to a lady chatelaine, consisting of short chains bearing keys, corkscrew, sci ors, ., attached to the waist-belt: a similar thing in miniature attached to the watch-chain.— Château en Espagne , a castle in the air. [O. Fr. chastel (Fr. château )—L. castellum , dim. of castrum , a fort.]