chessboard

[ ches-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.

Origin of chessboard

1400–50; late Middle English. See chess¹, board

Words nearby chessboard

Cheshunt, Cheshvan, cheskey, Chesnutt, chess, chessboard, chessboxing, chess clock, chessel, chessman, chess pie

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Example sentences from the Web for chessboard

Leo is strategic, the queen on the chessboard, the prime mover of the zodiac.
The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The blocks were two inches square and there were eight each way; in fact, it was a copy of the chessboard her father had made.
Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic|Olive Thorne Miller
“The chessboard is not in the place where thou didst find it; go back, therefore, and slay him,” answered she.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest
Europe was a chessboard and with the hand of a skilled master he moved kings, queens, knights, and bishops.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church|Alexander Clarence Flick

Colonel Murphy and the major had not even been forced to forego the pleasures of the chessboard.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne
And Naisi asked for the king's chessboard and chessmen; which were brought: and he and Deirdre began to play.
A Reading Book in Irish History|P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for chessboard

chessboard

/ (ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd) /

noun

a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts

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单词	chessboard
释义	chessboard [ ches-bawrd, -bohrd ] / ˈtʃɛsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd / noun the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess. Origin of chessboard 1400–50; late Middle English. See chess¹, board Words nearby chessboard Cheshunt, Cheshvan, cheskey, Chesnutt, chess, chessboard, chessboxing, chess clock, chessel, chessman, chess pie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chessboard Leo is strategic, the queen on the chessboard, the prime mover of the zodiac. The Stars Predict Your Week\|Starsky + Cox\|August 13, 2011\|DAILY BEAST The blocks were two inches square and there were eight each way; in fact, it was a copy of the chessboard her father had made. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic\|Olive Thorne Miller “The chessboard is not in the place where thou didst find it; go back, therefore, and slay him,” answered she. The Mabinogion\|Lady Charlotte Guest Europe was a chessboard and with the hand of a skilled master he moved kings, queens, knights, and bishops. The Rise of the Mediaeval Church\|Alexander Clarence Flick Colonel Murphy and the major had not even been forced to forego the pleasures of the chessboard. Off on a Comet\|Jules Verne And Naisi asked for the king's chessboard and chessmen; which were brought: and he and Deirdre began to play. A Reading Book in Irish History\|P. W. Joyce British Dictionary definitions for chessboard chessboard / (ˈtʃɛsˌbɔːd) / noun a square board divided into 64 squares of two alternating colours, used for playing chess or draughts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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