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summercastle

summercastle noun: an elevated structure on a ship.

Noun

summercastle (plural summercastles)

  1. (historical) an elevated structure on a ship
    Synonyms:
    summer-hutch
  2. a movable tower used in sieges
    Synonyms:
    summertower

Synonyms of summercastle

  • summer-hutch
  • summertower

Forms of summercastle

pluralsummercastles

Origin of summercastle

From Middle English somer castel, somercastel, somercastell, somyr castell.

Questions about summercastle

What does summercastle mean?
Summercastle means an elevated structure on a ship.
What part of speech is summercastle?
Summercastle is a noun.
What is the plural of summercastle?
The plural of summercastle is summercastles.

Words near summercastle in the dictionary

  1. summer-work
  2. summer-yellow
  3. Summerall
  4. Summeralls
  5. summerbeam
  6. summercastle
  7. summercastles
  8. summercater
  9. summercaters
  10. summercock
  11. summercocks

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