chess
noun
- board game
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɛs/
name
Etymology: The river name is a back-formation from Chesham, a town at the head of the river.
- A surname.
- A river in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, England, which joins the Colne at Rickmansworth.
noun
Etymology: Compare French châssis (“a framework of carpentry”).
- One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
“the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle”
“ach chess consists of three planks.”