castle (1 cf. ‘some old Lads of the Castell’, ‘a lusty ladd of the Castell, that will binde Beares, and ride golden Asses to death,’ Gabriel Harvey)
1.
“old lad of
the ”:
(?) roisterer 1H4 I. ii.
48.
2.
fig.=strong
protection, stronghold Troil. V. ii.
184 and Tit. III. i.
170 (in which the word has been needlessly
taken to mean ‘helmet’).
