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Meaning
Noun
●
In Chess:
A
board game
for two
players
, each
beginning
with
sixteen
chess pieces
moving
according to
fixed
rules
across a
chessboard
with the
objective
to
checkmate
the
opposing
king.
●
In American English & Grasses:
Any of several
species
of
grass
in the
genus
Bromus,
generally
considered weeds.
●
In Military:
One of the
platforms
,
consisting of
two or more
planks
dowelled
together, for the
flooring
of a
temporary
military
bridge.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
river
in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, which
joins
the Colne at Rickmansworth.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
chess
English
eschés
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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