Medieval Castles Word Search
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Words to find: CASTLE, MOAT, DUNGEON, BATTLEMENT, TURRET, PORTCULLIS, DRAWBRIDGE, BESIEGE, ARMOR, ARMOUR, KNIGHT, JOUST.
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Medieval Castles word list, defined
- CASTLE /ˈkɑː.səl/ (UK), /ˈkæs.əl/ (US) · noun
- A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, battlements, and often a moat, historically serving as a stronghold for royalty or nobility; in chess, an informal term for the rook. Related: fortress, citadel, stronghold, keep.
- MOAT /məʊt/ (British); /moʊt/ (US) · noun
- A wide, deep ditch, usually filled with water, surrounding a castle or other fortified building as a defensive barrier. By extension, it can refer to a broad gap or separating barrier. Related: ditch, trench, rampart, barrier.
- DUNGEON /ˈdʌndʒən/ · noun
- A dark underground room or cell, especially in a castle, used historically as a prison. More broadly, any grim, confined, dungeon-like space. Related: cell, vault, oubliette, crypt.
- BATTLEMENT /ˈbætəlmənt/ · noun
- A battlement is a parapet at the top of a wall or tower, especially of a castle or fortress, having a regular series of squared openings (crenels) alternating with raised solid sections (merlons), built originally to shelter defenders. Related: parapet, crenellation, rampart, bulwark.
- TURRET /ˈtɜːrət/ · noun
- A turret is a small tower, especially one projecting from a larger building or fortified structure and serving a defensive or ornamental purpose. In military vehicles and warships, it is a rotating armored structure from which weapons are fired. Related: tower, bartizan, bastion, cupola.
- PORTCULLIS /ˈpɔːrtkʌlɪs/ · noun
- A heavy sliding gate of wood or metal, fitted with vertical bars and lowered to secure the entrance to a castle or fortified building. By extension, it may refer to a gate resembling this defensive structure. Related: gate, barred gate, sliding gate, portcullis gate.
- DRAWBRIDGE /ˈdrɔːbrɪdʒ/ · noun
- A bridge, especially over a castle moat or canal, that can be raised or lowered to allow or prevent passage across it.
- BESIEGE /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ · verb
- To surround a place, especially a fortified town or castle, with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender. By extension, to crowd around or press someone with requests, questions, or attention. Related: beset, surround, assail, harass.
- ARMOR /ˈɑːrmər/ · noun (also verb)
- Protective metal, leather, or other hard covering worn on the body to shield against weapons in combat, or the metal plating fitted to vehicles and warships for protection. Related: protection, shielding, plate, mail.
- ARMOUR /ˈɑːmə/ · noun
- Armour is the protective metal or other hard covering worn by soldiers or horses in battle, or fitted to vehicles and ships to shield them from attack. It can also refer more broadly to any protective layer or defensive quality. Related: protection, shield, plating, mail.
- KNIGHT /naɪt/ · noun; verb (archaic)
- A knight is a member of a medieval military order who fought on horseback, traditionally wearing armor and bearing a sword. The word also denotes a chess piece that moves in an L-shape and, in modern usage, a man or woman formally honored with the title of knight. Related: warrior, soldier, cavalryman, champion.
- JOUST /dʒaʊst/ · verb and noun
- To compete in a joust, typically on horseback and with lances; a joust is a mounted contest or ceremonial encounter of this kind. Related: tournament, contest, duel, compete.
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