backgammon
noun
- one of the oldest board games for two players
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
noun
Etymology: Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
- 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.
“"I have borrowed Mrs. Palmer's backgammon-board," said Isabella, whose notion of an elderly gentleman's amusements of an evening was derived from what she had seen Mr. Palmer do.”
- 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
Etymology: Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
- 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.