What does draughts mean?
Definitions for draughts
dræfts, drɑftsdraughts
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Princeton's WordNet
checkers, draughtsnoun
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
Wiktionary
draughtsnoun
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 opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces. (See the Wikipedia page for the full rules of the game. There are various variants of the game.)
Wikipedia
draughts
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, Turkish draughts both on an 8x8 board, and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – the latter is widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Singaporean/Malaysian checkers (also locally known as dum) are played on a 12×12 board. American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer scientists led by Jonathan Schaeffer. From the standard starting position, perfect play by each side would result in a draw.
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draughts
Draughts is a strategic board game for two players which involves diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. It is also known as Checkers in many countries. The term can also refer to the depth of water needed to float a boat, or the act of drawing or pulling a load. Further, it could refer to a current of cool air in a room or other confined space.
Webster Dictionary
Draughts
a mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c)
Draughts
a game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers
Wikidata
Draughts
Draughts or checkers is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque. The name derives from the verb to draw or to move. The most popular forms are international draughts, played on a 10×10 board, and English draughts, also called American checkers, played on an 8×8 checkerboard, but there are many other variants including some played on a 12×12 board.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of draughts in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of draughts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of draughts in a Sentence
Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
Alexander Pope, An essay on Criticism:
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.
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- داماArabic
- шашкіBelarusian
- дамаBulgarian
- མཆོང་སྒྲིག་མིག་མངསTibetan Standard
- damesCatalan, Valencian
- dámaCzech
- damDanish
- Damespiel, DameGerman
- ντάμαGreek
- damludoEsperanto
- damasSpanish
- kabeEstonian
- dama-jokoBasque
- چکرزPersian
- tammiFinnish
- jeu de dames, damesFrench
- dàmais, tàileasgScottish Gaelic
- דמקהHebrew
- चेकर्सHindi
- dámaHungarian
- շաշկիArmenian
- damIndonesian
- dammur, dammtaflIcelandic
- damaItalian
- チェッカー, 西洋碁Japanese
- 체커Korean
- دامهKurdish
- saškėsLithuanian
- dambreteLatvian
- mūMāori
- дамаMacedonian
- даамMongolian
- damdam, damMalay
- damspelDutch
- damNorwegian
- warcabyPolish
- damasPortuguese
- dame, tableRomanian
- шашкиRussian
- дама, damaSerbo-Croatian
- dámaSlovak
- damaSlovene
- dam, damspelSwedish
- dama, draftiSwahili
- หมากฮอสThai
- şaşkaTurkmen
- damaTagalog
- damaTurkish
- шашкиUkrainian
- cờ đamVietnamese
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