English Explanatory Dictionary

incastellate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make into a castle.
  2. To enclose a well or cistern with masonry.

Word forms

incastellate incastellates incastellating incastellated encastellate

Etymology

First attested in 1552; borrowed from Medieval Latin incastellātus, perfect passive participle of incastellō (“to fortify, incastle, incastellate”) from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle; cistern”). Cognate with Italian incastellare.

Synonyms

stean
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