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draughts
(drăfts, dräfts)n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Chiefly British
The game of checkers.
[Middle English draughtes, pl. of draught, act of pulling, move at chess; see draft.]
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draughts
(drɑːfts)n
(Chess & Draughts) (functioning as singular) a game for two players using a draughtboard and 12 draughtsmen each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces. US and Canadian name: checkers
[C14: plural of draught (in obsolete sense: a chess move)]
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draughts
(dræfts, drɑfts)n. Brit.
(used with a sing. v.) the game of checkers.
[1375–1425; Middle English draghtes, pl. of draft, in obsolete sense “movement, move in a board game”]
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draughts
checkers
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| Noun | 1. |  draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's piecesboard game - a game played on a specially designed board black - (board games) the darker pieces checker board, checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors king - a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward white - (board games) the lighter pieces |
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Translations
حِجارَةُ الدّامادامالُعْبَةُ الدّاما ``الضّامَه''
dámaherní kameny
damdambrikdamspil
tammitammipeli
igra dame
dammborîdammskífur, dammar
チェッカー
체커
damasjogo de damas
dama
damspel
หมากรุก
dama oyunudama taşları
cờ đam
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
draughts
[ˈdrɑːfts] n (British) → dames fpl, jeu m de damesto play draughts → jouer aux damesdraughts board n (British) → damier m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
draught
(American) draft (draːft) noun1. a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn. We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!
2. a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping. He took a long draught of beer.
3. the amount of water a ship requires to float it. a draught of half a metre.
draughts noun , (American ˈcheckers) 1. singular a game for two people, played on a board (a ˈdraughtboard , (American) ˈcheckerboard) exactly like a chessboard, with twenty-four discs.
2. plural the discs.
ˈdraughty adjective full of draughts of air. a draughty room.
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draughts
→ داما dáma damspil Damespiel ντάμα damas tammipeli dames igra dame gioco della dama チェッカー 체커 damspel damspill warcaby jogo de damas шашки damspel หมากรุก dama oyunu cờ đam 国际跳棋Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009