chesses


chess 1

C0278600 (chĕs)n. A board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king.
[Middle English ches, short for Old French esches, pl. of eschec, check in chess; see check.]

chess 2

C0278600 (chĕs)n. Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus.
[Origin unknown.]

chess 3

C0278600 (chĕs)n. pl. chess or chess·es One of the floorboards of a pontoon bridge.
[Middle English ches, tier, perhaps from Old French chasse, frame, from Latin capsa, box.]