chess

noun3

1. •
   a board game where two players move 16 pieces each by set rules, trying to catch the other side's king

   • At the tender age of 20, Penguingm1 is already one of the best hyperbullet and ultrabullet chess players in the world. — 2020
2. •
   (US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

   • Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry chess grass, they were guarded by a pair of dismounted soldiers in long, dusty coats [...]. — 2007
3. •
   [in the plural] One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

   • the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle — 1881