chessboardn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɛsbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd/

a. The board on which chess is played. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > chessboard

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tablerc1380

chessboard1474

tablier1474

chequerboard1597

chess-table1862

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. i. 157 (heading) Of the chesse borde..how it is made.

1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aviij^v Beholde here the forme of the Checker or Cheastbourde.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 248 An Oracle of Hercules, constituted by a Chest-board.

1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play 2.

1718 M. Prior Alma iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 376 Cards are dealt, and chess-boards brought.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. ii. 193 Earth her chess-board, and the men and women on it, merely pawns.

1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in Men & Women I. 216 What have we gained then by our unbelief But a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt. We called the chess-board white,—we call it black.

1868 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1870) iii. 36 The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 4/2 The chess-board of party politics.

b. attributive. Also as adj., resembling a chessboard; like that of a chessboard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adjective]

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chequered1486

counterchanged1648

tessellated1723

diced1725

dam-brod1779

blue-checked1790

quadrilled1835

quadrille1856

chessboard1889

windowpane-checked1917

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > geometric

diapered?a1400

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diapery1605

fret1663

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reticulated1753

geometrical1777

reticular1783

geometric1842

Z-shaped1858

chessboard1889

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 180 Sevill is like a chesse-bord table, having as many Moriscos as Spaniards.

1889 Cent. Dict. Chess-board canvas, a thick cotton canvas used as a foundation for embroidery, and divided into squares..in alternating patterns.

1903 Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 7/1 Such chessboard cities as Melbourne and Adelaide.

1904 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 7/5 If the Russians adopt chess-board rules of war the next event will be an attack by Russian torpedo craft.

1911 R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 3) iv. 33 The ‘chessboard’ method. For two series each consisting of four different types of gamete we require a square divided up into 16 parts. The four terms of the gametic series are first written horizontally..so that the series is repeated four times. It is then written vertically four times... In this simple mechanical way all the possible combinations are represented.

1923 R. G. Collingwood Roman Brit. iii. 48 To go in for a town-planning scheme, to lay out a chess-board street-plan.

1962 Lancet 5 May 935/2 Using the chess-board technique, a reduction in the M.I.C. of fucidin was demonstrated.

Derivatives

ˈchessboard v. (transitive) to divide (land) into more or less equal portions resembling the squares on a chessboard.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > into squares > specific land

chessboard1891

1891 Daily News 12 May 4/8 Mr. Morley protested the other day against ‘chessboarding’ Ireland.

1924 Chambers's Jrnl. 747/1 A tract of low-lying, cultivated land, chess-boarded into fields under various crops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chessboard
释义	chessboardn. Brit. /ˈtʃɛsbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd/ a. The board on which chess is played. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > chessboard exchequera1300 chess1303 chequerc1330 quek1376 tablerc1380 chessboard1474 tablier1474 chequerboard1597 chess-table1862 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. i. 157 (heading) Of the chesse borde..how it is made. 1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Pleasaunt Playe of Cheasts sig. Aviij^v Beholde here the forme of the Checker or Cheastbourde. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 248 An Oracle of Hercules, constituted by a Chest-board. 1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play 2. 1718 M. Prior Alma iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 376 Cards are dealt, and chess-boards brought. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. ii. 193 Earth her chess-board, and the men and women on it, merely pawns. 1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in Men & Women I. 216 What have we gained then by our unbelief But a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt. We called the chess-board white,—we call it black. 1868 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1870) iii. 36 The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 4/2 The chess-board of party politics. b. attributive. Also as adj., resembling a chessboard; like that of a chessboard. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adjective] checkeryc1440 checkeda1475 chequered1486 counterchanged1648 tessellated1723 diced1725 dam-brod1779 blue-checked1790 quadrilled1835 quadrille1856 chessboard1889 windowpane-checked1917 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > geometric diapered?a1400 frettedc1420 checkeryc1440 checkeda1475 diaper1480 chequered1486 lozenged1523 diapery1605 fret1663 lozengy1686 reticulated1753 geometrical1777 reticular1783 geometric1842 Z-shaped1858 chessboard1889 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 180 Sevill is like a chesse-bord table, having as many Moriscos as Spaniards. 1889 Cent. Dict. Chess-board canvas, a thick cotton canvas used as a foundation for embroidery, and divided into squares..in alternating patterns. 1903 Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 7/1 Such chessboard cities as Melbourne and Adelaide. 1904 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 7/5 If the Russians adopt chess-board rules of war the next event will be an attack by Russian torpedo craft. 1911 R. C. Punnett Mendelism (ed. 3) iv. 33 The ‘chessboard’ method. For two series each consisting of four different types of gamete we require a square divided up into 16 parts. The four terms of the gametic series are first written horizontally..so that the series is repeated four times. It is then written vertically four times... In this simple mechanical way all the possible combinations are represented. 1923 R. G. Collingwood Roman Brit. iii. 48 To go in for a town-planning scheme, to lay out a chess-board street-plan. 1962 Lancet 5 May 935/2 Using the chess-board technique, a reduction in the M.I.C. of fucidin was demonstrated. Derivatives ˈchessboard v. (transitive) to divide (land) into more or less equal portions resembling the squares on a chessboard. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > into squares > specific land chessboard1891 1891 Daily News 12 May 4/8 Mr. Morley protested the other day against ‘chessboarding’ Ireland. 1924 Chambers's Jrnl. 747/1 A tract of low-lying, cultivated land, chess-boarded into fields under various crops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1474
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