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draughts

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draughts
noun /drɑːfts,dræfts/
A game for two players played on a chessboard in which the players each have 12 pieces, known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponents pieces by jumping ones own pieces over the opponents pieces. (See for the full rules of the game. There are various variants of the game.)

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  • draughts — 1> шашки Ex: to play draughts играть в шашки Ex: to make a move at draughts сделать ход шашкой Ex: to play a game of draughts сыграть партию в шашки …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Draughts — Draughts, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}. [1913 Webster] Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Draughts — Draughts, n. pl. A mild vesicatory. See {Draught}, n., 3 (c) . [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Draughts — This article is about the group of the board games. For other uses of draft , see Draft (disambiguation). For other uses of checkers , see Checkers (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Drought. Draughts Starting position on a 10×10 draughts… …   Wikipedia

  • Draughts — Spielbrett für Dame Dame ist ein strategisches Brettspiel für zwei Spieler. Es zählt zu den Spielen mit vollständiger Information. Es ist also möglich, eine Spielstrategie zu finden, deren Erfolg nicht von Glück abhängt. Das Spiel ist im… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • draughts — Checkers Check ers (ch[e^]k [ e]rz), n. pl. [See {Checher}, v.] A game, called also {draughts}, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • draughts — [drafts, dräfts] n. Brit. the game of checkers * * * draughts (drăfts, dräfts) n. Chiefly British (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The game of checkers.   [Middle English draughtes, pl. of draught, act of pulling, move at chess …   Universalium

  • draughts — шашки to play * играть в шашки to make a move at * сделать ход шашкой to play a game of * сыграть партию в шашки …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • draughts — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English draghtes, from plural of draght draft, move in chess Date: 15th century British checkers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • draughts — 1) Общая лексика: шашки (игра) 2) Шахматы: (брит.) шашечный …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

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