castlet

• castelet, castellet

From Middle English castelet, from Old French castelet, northern form of chastelet. Equivalent to castle +‎ -et. Compare French châtelet, Italian castelletto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæslət/, /ˈkɑːslət/

castlet (plural castlets)

1. A small castle.
   • a. 1559, John Leland, Itineraries:

     And an halfe Mile lower it leaveth Fulbroke Parke and Castlet on the right

“castlet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• catlets, tectals