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incastling

incastling is the present participle and gerund of incastle.

Meaning of incastle

Verb

incastle (third-person singular simple present incastles, present participle incastling, simple past and past participle incastled)

  1. (obsolete) To add castles to a place.
    • Meth was alredie meetlie well and indifferentlie fortified and incastelled.1587, John Hooker translating Gerald of Wales as the "Vaticinall Historie of the Conquest of Ireland" in Chronicles, Vol. III, 47/2
    Synonyms:
    fortify

Questions about incastling

What is incastling the present participle and gerund of?
Incastling is the present participle and gerund of incastle.

Words near incastling in the dictionary

  1. incastellates
  2. incastellating
  3. incastle
  4. incastled
  5. incastles
  6. incastling
  7. incatenate
  8. incatenated
  9. incatenates
  10. incatenating
  11. incatenation

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