| 单词 | crown head |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown head crown head n. (a) a king or queen; cf. crowned adj. 1a; (b) Draughts the row of squares at the edge of the board nearest each player, on reaching which an opponent's king is crowned (see crown v.1 13); = king row n. at king n. Compounds 4a. ΚΠ ?1700 Trip to Pillory (single sheet) I've nothing to do with Crown Heads, unless it be to render them their Due. 1831 Bell's Life in London 24 July A and B play a game at Draughts; A gains his ‘crown head’ by taking one of B's men. 1870 Our Monthly Sept. 185/1 The auld crown-heads used to be brought low sometimes, a fate that'll nae betide king Robert. 1908 Canad. Checker Player 2 137 These men are placed in two rows on each side the crown heads being vacant. 1952 Chambers's 20th Cent. Dict. (new ed.) 253/1 Crown,..in draughts, to convert into a king or crowned man by placing another draught on the top on reaching the crown-head. 2002 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 10 Apr. (World section) 14 Canadian Doug Fee was among the few who had a seat at the Queen Mother's funeral Tuesday, a commoner amid the crown heads of Europe. < as lemmas |
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