chesspiece

chesspiece

See also: chess-piece and chess piece

English

Noun

chesspiece (plural chesspieces)

1. (chess) Alternative spelling of chess piece
   • 2000, Rick Wallach - Myth, legend, dust: critical responses to Cormac McCarthy

     Sacrifice is one of the essential metaphors of the Trilogy, and here, the sacrifice of the chesspiece foreshadows that John Grady will later give his life in avenging the death of the woman he loves.

   • 2008, Franklin Knowles Young - Chess Strategetics Illustrated

     The Queen, for instance, is termed the " strongest," or the ** most powerful" of the chesspieces

   • 2008, November 13, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 hours in Lisbon

     This tower [Torre de Belem] resembling an oversized chesspiece is another architectural wonder of the same era

Synonyms

• chessman

Hyponyms

• (chess): bishop, castle/rook, king, knight, pawn, queen

Translations

chessman — see chess piece

See also

• Appendix:Chess_pieces