Noah Webster
Check-mate
CHECK-MATE, noun
1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite men, or hinders them from moving, so that the game is finished.
2. Defeat; overthrow.
CHECK-MATE, verb transitive To finish.
CHECK-MATE, noun
1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite men, or hinders them from moving, so that the game is finished.
2. Defeat; overthrow.
CHECK-MATE, verb transitive To finish.