What is "chessboards"

Usage examples of "chessboards".

Then he puttered about, polishing up a very handsome sword, which hung in a shabby leather harness outside his tent, and arranging several very fine chessboards and pieces on display for sale, though none as fine as those his partner used.

He ended the sale of his chessboards and, settling down to polish his sword, rubbed it with such fervor that it gleamed.

If you people of Bread Bowl Valley will take my suggestion, you will put aside the chessboards and start preparing to face a real enemy.

Instead of comfortable knickknacks, shelves and tables were crowded with lacquered men on chessboards of ivory, teak and colored glass, each board set for a game in progress.

Instead of comfortable knickknacks, shelves and tables were crowded with lac­quered men on chessboards of ivory, teak and colored glass, each board set for a game in progress.

They sat about the courtyard, walked the walls, gamed with dice or chessboards, meandered through the gates on their way to or from town.

One of his companions suggested that he work it out on one of the giant open-air chessboards scattered around Bern.