incastle

verb

incastle

verb

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.

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

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