BACKGAMMON

backgammon

(noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

backgammon (countable and uncountable, plural backgammons)

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

(backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

Verb

backgammon (third-person singular simple present backgammons, present participle backgammoning, simple past and past participle backgammoned)

To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

Source: Wiktionary

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Back"gam`mon, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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".

Back"gam`mon, v. i.

Definition: In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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