alphin
/ˈalfɪn/noun
In the early game of chess: each of four pieces able to move two squares diagonally, jumping over the middle square. historical in later use.
- The alphin was superseded by the bishop at the end of the 15th cent..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From (i) post-classical Latin alphinus.