/kreeg"speel', -shpeel', kreek"-/ , n.
1. ( sometimes cap. ) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
2. a form of chess in which both players see only their own pieces on a board in front of them and must remember the opponent's moves as told to them by a referee who maintains a third board on which the play of both players is shown.
[ 1805-15; Kriegsspiel, equiv. to Krieg ( e ) s, gen. of Krieg war + Spiel game ]