chessman
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
chessman (plural chessmen)
- (chess) A chess piece.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 27”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looked like a chess-man beside him.
Translations
chess piece — see chess piece
See also
| Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text) | |||||
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| king | queen | rook, castle | bishop | knight | pawn |