chess 1
/ches/ , n.
a game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard.
[ 1150-1200; ME esches, pl. of eschec CHECK 1 ]
chess 2
/ches/ , n. , pl. chess, chesses .
one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge.
[ 1425-75; late ME ches tier, layer ]