Deal, a municipal borough and sea-bathing place of England, in the E. of Kent. It has been one of the Cinque Ports since the 13th century. Of the three castles built by Henry VIII. in 1539, Deal Castle is the residence of its "captain"; Sandown Castle has been blown up as dangerous through the encroachment of the sea; and Walmer Castle is now the residence of the Warden of the Cinque Ports. It is supposed that Julius Caesar landed near here in 55 B.C.


Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.