English Explanatory Dictionary

incastle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To add castles to a place.

Word forms

incastle incastles incastling incastled encastle incastell

Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin incastellāre (“to fortify, to incastle”), from in- (“in-: make into”) + castellum (“little fortification, castle”). Cognate with Italian incastellare and Old French encasteler.

Synonyms

fortify
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