Definition of Chessboards

1. Noun. (plural of chessboard) ¹

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Definition of Chessboards

1. chessboard [n] - See also: chessboard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chessboards

chess compositions
chess game
chess master
chess masters
chess match
chess move
chess piece
chess pieces
chess player
chess players
chess set
chess sets
chessboard
chessboard grafts
chessboardlike
chessboards
chessboxing
chesse
chessel
chessels
chesses
chessic
chessically
chessil
chesslike
chessman
chessmen
chesspiece
chesspieces

Literary usage of Chessboards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century by Hubert Thomas Knox (1908)
"... 10 drinking-horns, 10 steeds, 2 rings, 2 chessboards. 6. Ui Maine : 7 cloaks, 7 horses, ... 5 swords, 10 drinking-horns, 10 bondsmen, 10 chessboards. 9. ..."

2. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1897)
"... the only feet ever cut off are those in metre; only chessboards teach the positions of the four ' members4,' there is no cutting off the four principal ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1897)
"... up like irregular chessboards into detached areas subject ta the jurisdiction of Prussia, of Brunswick, or of both conjointly. Holland—Waterways. ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Then the carpet being spread, they brought great store of cards, dice, and chessboards. After having well played, reveled, passed and spent his time, ..."

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