[ 'halmə ]
■ noun a game played by two or four people using a board of 256 squares, with pieces advancing by being moved over other pieces into vacant squares.
Origin
C19: from Gk, lit. 'leap'.
[ 'halmə ]
■ noun a game played by two or four people using a board of 256 squares, with pieces advancing by being moved over other pieces into vacant squares.
Origin
C19: from Gk, lit. 'leap'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004