Backgammon Definition

băkgămən
noun
A board game for two persons, played with pieces whose moves are determined by throws of dice, with the object being to move all of one's pieces to an end point where they are removed from the board. The first player to have no pieces on the board wins.
American Heritage
A game played on a special board by two people: each has fifteen pieces, which are moved according to the throw of dice.
Webster's New World

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

Wiktionary

(backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

Wiktionary
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
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Origin of Backgammon

  • Probably from back + Middle English, Old English gamen (“amusement”)

    From Wiktionary

  • back gammon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Backgammon Sentence Examples

  • The object of Backgammon is to get all fifteen of your checkers off the board by moving them all into your inner quadrant and then removing them.

  • They are acquainted with chess, draughts, backgammon, and other games, among which is one peculiar to themselves, called Mankalah, and played with cuwries.

  • It is the chief place of the Abadeh-Iklid district, which has 30 villages; it has telegraph and post offices, and is famed for its carved wood-work, small boxes,light cotton summer shows, trays, sherbet spoons,backgammon, &c., made of the wood of pear and box trees.

  • All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it.

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