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eschas

eschas

French

Verb

eschas

second-person singular past historic of escher

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه ‎(šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian ‎(shah, “shah, king”).

Noun

eschas m pl

chess (board game)
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
  As eschas joent li plusor
  Several of them were playing chess