eschas
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
eschas
- second-person singular past historic of escher
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”).
Noun[edit]
eschas m pl
- chess (board game)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- As eschas joent li plusor
- Several of them were playing chess