DAMBOARD
\dˈambɔːd], \dˈambɔːd], \d_ˈa_m_b_ɔː_d]\
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dam'b[=o]rd, DAMBROD, dam'brod, n. (Scot.) a draughtboard, the pieces being dams. [Fr. jeu de dames, copied by the Germans as damenspiel, by the Swedes as damspel, &c., perhaps from the movement of the pieces being like those of the queen (reine or dame) in chess.]
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