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usually uncountable, plural chesses
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king. examples
plural chesses
(now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds. quotations examples
Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...].
2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 59
(military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. quotations
the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle
1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
ach chess consists of three planks.
1885, Edward S. Farrow, Farrow's Military Encyclopedia; A Dictionary of Military Knowledge