chesses

chess

C c

Definitions of chesses word

noun chesses a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate. 1
noun plural chesses any of several weedy species of bromegrass, especially Bromus secalinus . 1
noun plural chesses one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge. 1
noun chesses Plural form of chess. 1
noun chesses plural of chess. 0

before 1150

One of the 7% oldest English words

1150-1200; Middle English < Old French esches, plural of eschec check1

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer