becastled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /bɪˈkæsəld/
- (Australia) audio
- /bɪˈkɑːsəld/
Etymology
From be- + castle + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Fortified by or furnished with a castle or castles.
As long as you were living in Edinburgh I did not venture to seek you out, for how could I hope, in that becastled town (which, spite of many descriptions, always perplexes me), to find out a quiet friend.
1887, Correspondence between Goethe and Carlyle (ed. Charles Eliot Norton; pub. Macmillan), page 135
Translations (1)
fi linnoitettu (furtified or furnished with castles)