- a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces

- the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent''s pieces

1. A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).

1. A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.

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Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. Am. Cyc.