DRAUGHTS - Definition

Pronunciation:		'drafts
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

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	Synonyms:	checkers

	See Also:	board game, checkerboard

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Draughts\, n. pl. A mild vesicatory. See {Draught}, n., 3 (c) . \Draughts\, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}. Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.