Damboard

/ˈdæmˌbɔrd/ noun

Definition

A board used for playing draughts or checkers; a checkered board with 64 squares for game play.

Etymology

From dam (related to draughts/dame) combined with board; 'dame' is an old term for the game draughts, so damboard is literally a board for the dame game.

Kelly Says

The word 'dam' for draughts is an old Dutch game name that traveled to English—damboard shows how even game boards have linguistic histories!

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