| 单词 | to play at the escheker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play at (to) the escheker 1. A chessboard; = chequer n.1 1 to play at (to) the escheker: to play at chess. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > chessboard exchequera1300 chess1303 chequerc1330 quek1376 tablerc1380 chessboard1474 tablier1474 chequerboard1597 chess-table1862 a1300 Floriz & Bl. 344 He wule come þe nier And bidde þe pleie at þe escheker. Whane þescheker is forþ ibroȝt Biþute panes ne plei þu noȝt. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2224 Þo þat willieþ to leue at hame pleyeþ to þe eschekkere. a1420 T. Hoccleve MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 f. 263 (Halliw.) And alle be hit that in that place square Of the listes, I mene the estcheker. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. i. 158 Ther ben as many poyntes in ye eschequer wyde as full. < as lemmas |
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