Backgammon \Back"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.
Backgammon board, a board for playing backgammon, often
made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together,
each tray containing two ``tables''.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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