transferred. In chess or card-playing: Not protected by other pieces or cards.

Chess. (See guard, v. 10.)

Chess. Of a man: Insufficiently protected against capture.

That checks; reproving, censorious (obsolete); refusing the fist (as a hawk); restraining, controlling.

Chess. Of a piece: that cannot be moved without exposing a more valuable piece to capture. Cf. pin, v.1 7b.