draughts

noun — 2 senses

draughts

noun

UK /dɹɑːfts/ · CA, US /dɹæfts/

1

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.

2

A mild vesicatory.

Derived terms
draughtsboard, draughtsman, Turkish draughts

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