"dabbaba" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dabbabas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ar|دَبَّابَة||a kind of siege engine}} Borrowed from Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, “a kind of siege engine”), {{root|en|ar|د ب ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} dabbaba (plural dabbabas)
  1. (chess) A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece. Wikipedia link: Dabbaba (chess) Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-dabbaba-en-noun-uEeOA669 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: board-games, chess, games

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