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Definition of Chess set
1. Noun. Checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess.
Definition of Chess set
1. Noun. a set of chesspieces and a chessboard ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chess Set
Literary usage of Chess set
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith, . (1992)
"John Bartram chess set quarian Society [of Philadelphia] that he showed you [Harbeson]
some of the pieces and, when he saw your keen interest in them, ..."
2. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"12 John Bartram chess set quarian Society [of Philadelphia] that he ... It seems
most appropriate that this chess set was presented on Franklin's birthday. ..."
3. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"In the example he discusses the respondent tells about his giving his son a chess
set which he held in sentimental value. Some time later he discovers that ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1861)
"The police gained no clue to the lost articles. It became highly probable that
the thief had melted up the valuable silver chess set. ..."
5. Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards by John King Van Rensselaer (1912)
"... Glass—Living Chess—Two Jokers —Derivation of Chess—Troy—Crete—Nig— Egyptian
caricature—Korean Chess—Set in British Museum — Chess from Brahmins — Ravan, ..."
6. Vergilius Redivivus: Studies In Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry by Estelle Haan (2005)
"... Jupiter and Pluto, and introduced the whole by the gift of a chess set, with
the battle itself depicted in terms of the movements on a chessboard. ..."
7. Chess by David Andrew Mitchell (1917)
"Hence we say a chess set consists of thirty-two pieces. The Pawn is of least
value, but it also is the only participant in the miniature battle which can ..."
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