† inˈcastellate, en-, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. incastellāre, It. incastellare to incastle: see in-2, and -ate3.]
trans. To make into a castle; to fortify; to enclose (a well or cistern) with masonry: see castellated.
| 1538 Leland Itin. I. 73 Began first to encastellate it. 1598 Stow Surv. viii. (1603) 46 And also incastelated the same round about. Ibid. xxxiii. 295 Incastellated the same in sufficient cesterns. 1601 F. Godwin Bps. of Eng. 522 The Auncient mannor place at Arkland he did encastellate. |