Hypertext Webster Gateway: "draughts"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
A mild vesicatory. See {Draught}, n., 3
(c) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}.
Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
draughts
n : a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces;
the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's
pieces [syn: {checkers}]
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