Definition of Draughts

1. Noun. A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces.

Exact synonyms: Checkers
Generic synonyms: Board Game
Examples of category: Black, Checker, Chequer, King, White
Terms within: Checker Board, Checkerboard

Definition of Draughts

1. n. pl. A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).

2. n. pl. A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.

Definition of Draughts

1. Noun. (plural of draught) ¹

2. Noun. (board games British uncountable) A game for two players played on a chessboard in which the players each have 12 pieces, known as ''men'', and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces. (See the Wikipedia page for the full rules of the game. There are various variants of the game.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Draughts

1. draught [v] - See also: draught

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draughts

draught horse
draught horses
draughtboard
draughtboards
draughted
draughter
draughters
draughtier
draughtiest
draughtily
draughtiness
draughting
draughtproof
draughtproofed
draughtproofing
draughts (current term)
draughtsboard
draughtsboards
draughtsman
draughtsmanly
draughtsmanship
draughtsmen
draughtspeople
draughtsperson
draughtspersons
draughtswoman
draughtswomen
draughty
draunt
draunted

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