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Webster 1913 Edition
Chesses
Chess′es
,Noun.
pl.
[Cf. F.
chassis
a framework of carpenty.] (Mil.)
The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
Wilhelm.
☞A singular, chess, is sometimes used. “Each chess consists of three planks.”
Farrow.