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Definition of 'chess'Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
(en-noun)
A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Related terms
* chessboard
* chess clock
* chessman
* chess piece
* chess set
* computer chess
See also
( wikibooks)
*
* checkers
* draughts
* scacchic
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.
Noun
( chesses)
A type of grass, generally considered a weed.
* 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, p. 59:
- Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].
Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) .
Noun
( es)
(military|chiefly|in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
- (Wilhelm)
* Farrow
- Each chess consists of three planks.
( Webster 1913)
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