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Definition chess

Etymology 1

From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French esch�s, plural of eschec, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic ????‎ (�?h, �king in chess�), from Persian ???‎ (�?h, �shah, king�), from Middle Persian ????‎ (�?h), from Old Persian ? (X� /x�?ya?iya/). Compare German Schach and Italian scacchi. Compare French �checs (�chess�) and its descendants: Catalan escacs and Dutch schaak. More at check and shah (�king of Persia or Iran�).

Noun

chess (usually uncountable, plural chesses)

1. 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.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.

Noun

chess (plural chesses)

1. (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Etymology 3

Compare French chassis (�a framework of carpentry�).

Noun

chess (plural chesses)

1. (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.

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