draughts


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
draughts/ˈdrɑːfts/
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; rel. to obs. draught in the sense ‘move’ (in chess).
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