stalematen.

Brit.

/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/

Etymology: < stale n.⁶ + mate n.¹Strictly a misnomer, as the ‘stale’ (so called until 18th cent.) is not really a mate.

Chess.

a. A position in which the player whose turn it is to move has no allowable move open to him, but has not his king in check.According to modern rules, the game which ends in stalemate is drawn. In England from the 17th cent. to the beginning of the 19th cent. the player who received stalemate won the game. Various other rules have been in vogue at different times; sometimes the player giving stalemate won, either wholly or to the extent of half the stake; sometimes the last few moves had to be played over again until a mate resulted; sometimes the piece causing the obstruction was removed.

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

stale1423

wardc1475

stalemate1765

Zugzwang1904

interference1913

1765 R. Lambe Hist. Chess 91 When the King has no man whom he can play, and is not in check, yet is so blocked up, that he cannot move without going into check, this position is called a stale-mate, or Pat, in this case the King who is stale-mated wins the game.

1847 H. Staunton Chess-player's Handbk. 33 He places the adverse King in the position..of stalemate.

b. figurative.

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1885 Times 15 Dec. 5 The Prince..will not..consent to the stalemate of mutual evacuation proposed by Servia.

1912 Standard 20 Sept. 6/4 So far as the public can see the match [between the two armies] ended in stalemate.

c. attributive.

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1886 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 444 It would be disgraceful indeed if a great country like Russia should have run herself into such a stale-mate position.

1903 H. J. R. Murray in Brit. Chess Mag. 285 Several mediæval problems involve the condition that the one player forfeits his power of moving when his King is in a stalemate position.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stalematev.

Brit.

/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/

Etymology: < stalemate n.

Chess.

transitive. To subject to a stalemate.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse

checkmatea1400

stalec1470

set1577

stallc1591

embog1602

nonplus1605

stalemate1765

stump1807

pound1827

to stick up1853

snooker1889

stymie1902

biff1915

dead-end1921

1765 R. Lambe Hist. Chess 91 In this case the King who is stalemated wins the game.

1813 J. H. Sarratt Wks. Damiano, Ruy-Lopez & Salvio 235 White cannot take the Rook without stalemating his adversary.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist xlvii At the game of Chess it is the dishonour of our adversary when we are stale-mated.

figurative.1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. viii. 141 You never saw a fellow look more puzzled, I had regularly stale-mated him.1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. xii. 194 He spoke rather sulkily, feeling himself stalemated.1910 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 65 Pitt undertook to stalemate the French fleet.

Derivatives

stalemated adj. Also figurative.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse

stalec1470

blank1542

enterprised1560

nonplus1589

bogged1605

nonplussed1606

blanked1611

stymied1862

deadlocked1880

stalemated1903

banjaxed1939

snookered1961

gridlock1983

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > check or checkmate

mate?c1422

mated1656

stalemated1903

1903 H. J. R. Murray in Brit. Chess Mag. 282 Here [in Indian Rule] then we have the earliest convention: the stalemated King wins.

1952 D. Macarthur Reminisc. (1964) x. 409 The terrible blood tribute exacted by this type of stalemated attrition.

1965 Economist 9 Jan. 104/1 The United States accepted a stalemated substitute for victory in Korea.

1977 Time 31 Jan. 7/3 The Vice President also wants to know just what allied or U.S. initiatives Europeans would welcome to get the stalemated talks..going once again.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stalemate
释义	stalematen. Brit. /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/, U.S. /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/ Etymology: < stale n.⁶ + mate n.¹Strictly a misnomer, as the ‘stale’ (so called until 18th cent.) is not really a mate. Chess. a. A position in which the player whose turn it is to move has no allowable move open to him, but has not his king in check.According to modern rules, the game which ends in stalemate is drawn. In England from the 17th cent. to the beginning of the 19th cent. the player who received stalemate won the game. Various other rules have been in vogue at different times; sometimes the player giving stalemate won, either wholly or to the extent of half the stake; sometimes the last few moves had to be played over again until a mate resulted; sometimes the piece causing the obstruction was removed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > positions stale1423 wardc1475 stalemate1765 Zugzwang1904 interference1913 1765 R. Lambe Hist. Chess 91 When the King has no man whom he can play, and is not in check, yet is so blocked up, that he cannot move without going into check, this position is called a stale-mate, or Pat, in this case the King who is stale-mated wins the game. 1847 H. Staunton Chess-player's Handbk. 33 He places the adverse King in the position..of stalemate. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1885 Times 15 Dec. 5 The Prince..will not..consent to the stalemate of mutual evacuation proposed by Servia. 1912 Standard 20 Sept. 6/4 So far as the public can see the match [between the two armies] ended in stalemate. c. attributive. ΚΠ 1886 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 444 It would be disgraceful indeed if a great country like Russia should have run herself into such a stale-mate position. 1903 H. J. R. Murray in Brit. Chess Mag. 285 Several mediæval problems involve the condition that the one player forfeits his power of moving when his King is in a stalemate position. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stalematev. Brit. /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/, U.S. /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/ Etymology: < stalemate n. Chess. transitive. To subject to a stalemate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 1765 R. Lambe Hist. Chess 91 In this case the King who is stalemated wins the game. 1813 J. H. Sarratt Wks. Damiano, Ruy-Lopez & Salvio 235 White cannot take the Rook without stalemating his adversary. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist xlvii At the game of Chess it is the dishonour of our adversary when we are stale-mated. figurative.1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. viii. 141 You never saw a fellow look more puzzled, I had regularly stale-mated him.1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. xii. 194 He spoke rather sulkily, feeling himself stalemated.1910 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 65 Pitt undertook to stalemate the French fleet. Derivatives stalemated adj. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse stalec1470 blank1542 enterprised1560 nonplus1589 bogged1605 nonplussed1606 blanked1611 stymied1862 deadlocked1880 stalemated1903 banjaxed1939 snookered1961 gridlock1983 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > check or checkmate mate?c1422 mated1656 stalemated1903 1903 H. J. R. Murray in Brit. Chess Mag. 282 Here [in Indian Rule] then we have the earliest convention: the stalemated King wins. 1952 D. Macarthur Reminisc. (1964) x. 409 The terrible blood tribute exacted by this type of stalemated attrition. 1965 Economist 9 Jan. 104/1 The United States accepted a stalemated substitute for victory in Korea. 1977 Time 31 Jan. 7/3 The Vice President also wants to know just what allied or U.S. initiatives Europeans would welcome to get the stalemated talks..going once again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765v.1765
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