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Definition of Chess piece
1. Noun. Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
Specialized synonyms: Bishop, Castle, Rook, King, Horse, Knight, Pawn, Queen
Generic synonyms: Man, Piece
Group relationships: Chess Set
Definition of Chess piece
1. Noun. (chess) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chess Piece
Literary usage of Chess piece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"Nor is Mr. Whalley correct in stating that rock and not rook is the true name of
the chess-piece, if he mean that it is equivalent to the Latin rupes" ..."
2. Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art and Historical Scottish Relics by Royal archaeological institute GB (1859)
"It has been figured in the Art Treasures of the Manchester Exhibition, by Mr.
Waring ; Sculpture, pl. iii.—A chess- piece, carved on sea-horse's tusk ..."
3. Catalogue of Antiquities, Works of Art and Historical Scottish Relics by Albert Way (1859)
"... in the Art Treasures of the Manchester Exhibition, by Mr. Waring ; Sculpture, pl.
iii.—A chess- piece, carved on sea-horse's tusk ; it is figured, ..."
4. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1853)
"The only instance of an approximation to the figures seen on the larger Chess-piece
found at Warrington, is on the shield of one of the ancient ..."
5. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1853)
"The only instance of an approximation to the figures seen on the larger Chess-piece
found at Warrington, is on the shield of one of the ancient ..."
6. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"11: from, an ivory chess-piece of the thirteenth century: woodcut No. 69.
The lines are incised, the rounds are punctured. Fig. ..."
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