backgammon

backgammon
backgammon ack"gam`mon, n. [Origin unknown; perhaps fr. Dan. bakke tray + E. game; or very likely the first part is from E. back, adv., and the game is so called because the men are often set back.] A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a ``board'' marked off into twenty-four spaces called ``points''. Each player has fifteen pieces, or ``men'', the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called {tables}. [1913 Webster]

{backgammon board}, a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two ``tables''. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • backgammon — 1640s, baggammon, the second element from M.E. gamen, ancestor of GAME (Cf. game); the first element because pieces are sometimes forced to go back. Known 13c. 17c. as tables …   Etymology dictionary

  • backgammon — /bekˈɡɛmon, ingl. ˌbækˈɡæmən/ [vc. ingl., comp. di back «indietro» e gammon «gioco»] s. m. inv. tavola reale, tric trac, sbaraglino …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • backgammon — ► NOUN ▪ a board game in which two players move their pieces around triangular points according to the throw of dice. ORIGIN from BACK(Cf. ↑backless) + an Old English word meaning «game» …   English terms dictionary

  • backgammon — [bak′gam΄ən] n. [ BACK1 + GAMMON2] a game played on a special board by two people: each has fifteen pieces, which are moved according to the throw of dice …   English World dictionary

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