halma

/ˈhalmə/ · noun

Meaning

A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.

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Related words

table board(English)shuffleboard(English)tabula(English)hoodman-blind(English)jump(English)backgammon(English)gameboard(English)game of the goose(English)checkers(English)capote(English)plc(English)pieces(English)

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