CASTLE

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 5

(LaL castellum; or Sax. castel.) In Architecture,abuilding fonified for military defence; also a house with towers, usually encompa ed with walls and moats, and having a donjon or keep in the centre. The principal castles of England at present are, the Tower of London, Windsor, Norwich, .'/ui//t's Jinctent Castles of England and Wales, . . [s. 215]