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dam-brod, dam-board Sc. [f. dam n.3 + brod2, board: = Du. dambord, Ger., Da. dambret, Sw. dambräde, the board on which the dams or jeu de dames is played.] A draught-board. b. attrib. Checkered.
1779Inv. Goods of D. Steuart, Earl of Buchan (MS.), 8 Damboard T[able] Cloths. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 124 Baith at gammon and the dambrod. 1870Ramsay Remin. v. (ed. 18) 113 [She] asked to be shown table-linen, a dam-brod pattern. |