castlet
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English castelet, from Old French castelet, northern form of chastelet. Equivalent to castle + -et. Compare French châtelet, Italian castelletto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcastlet (plural castlets)
- A small castle.
- a. 1559, John Leland, Itineraries:
- And an halfe Mile lower it leaveth Fulbroke Parke and Castlet on the right
References
edit“castlet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.