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goban

Gobang \Go*bang"\, n. [Written also goban.] [Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.] A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.

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goban

n. (alt form gobang English) (qualifier board game English)

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Goban

Goban may refer to:

  • A goban, the board used for the game of Go
  • Saint Gobain or Goban, a 7th-century Irish Benedictine monk.
  • Goban a set of five plays by Tamagusuku Chōkun
  • Saint Goban, a 6th-century Irish Benedictine monk and Abbot, brother to Molaise of Leighlin

Usage examples of "goban".

Two Japanese ronin, sans swords but otherwise attired in handsome fourteenth-century armor, were playing goban with a decamole board.