castleward

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English

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Etymology

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From castle +‎ ward.

Noun

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castleward (plural castlewards)

  1. Alternative form of castle-guard

References

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  • James Orchard Halliwell (1846) “CASTLEWARD”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, [], →OCLC, page 235, column 1.