- draughts n Brit
- ['drɒːfts]
(gioco della) dama
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draughts n Brit
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draughts board — draughts boards also draught board N COUNT A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal sized, black and white squares. [BRIT] (in AM, use checkerboard) … English dictionary
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 — [drafts, dräfts] n. Brit. the game of checkers … English World dictionary
draughts — noun Brit. a game played on a chequered board by two players, who each start with twelve disc shaped pieces and move them diagonally with the aim of capturing all the opponent s pieces. Origin ME: from draught; related to obs. draught in the… … English new terms dictionary
draughts — [[t]dræfts, drɑfts[/t]] n. brit. (used with a sing. v.) the game of checkers • Etymology: 1375–1425; MEdraghtes, pl. of draft, in obs. sense “movement, move in a board game” … From formal English to slang
draughtsman — draughts•man [[t]ˈdræfts mən, ˈdrɑfts [/t]] n. pl. men. brit. draftsman • usage: See man … From formal English to slang
draught — [[t]drɑ͟ːft, dræ̱ft[/t]] draughts (in AM, use draft) 1) N COUNT A draught is a current of air that comes into a place in an undesirable way. Block draughts around doors and windows... On a cold day there can be quite a draught from the letterbox … English dictionary
draught — draughter, n. /draft, drahft/, n. 1. draughts, (used with a sing. v.) Brit. the game of checkers. 2. Chiefly Brit. draft (defs. 1, 3 10, 18 25, 28). v.t. 3. Chiefly Brit. draft (defs. 29 33). v.i. 4. Chiefly Brit. draft (def. 34). adj … Universalium
drink — v. & n. v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel). c intr. swallow liquid, take draughts (drank from the stream). 2 intr. take alcohol, esp. to excess (I have heard that he… … Useful english dictionary
black — adjective 1》 of the very darkest colour due to the absence of or complete absorption of light. ↘(of coffee or tea) served without milk. 2》 relating to or denoting a human group having dark coloured skin, especially of African or Australian… … English new terms dictionary
American and British English spelling differences — Spelling differences redirects here. For other uses, see Category:Language comparison. For guidelines on dialects and spelling in the English language version of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English. Differences… … Wikipedia
