1852 J. Sturges & G. Walker 389 In ‘bearing off’ doublets have the same power as in the moves, four men are removed.
1978 16 Nov. c26/2 As a prelude to bearing off, switching is often a sound strategy.
2009 C. Bray i. 30 After you do that—and only after you get all your checkers in—you can start to take them off the board, a process called bearing off.