rook
verb#10,238
Translations
- 飛車ひしゃ
- 飛ひ
- 竜王りゅうおう
- 敵飛てきひ
English definition
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
Examples
- A rook is a chess piece.
- The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot".