"epaulette mate" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Due to perceived visual similarity between rooks and epaulettes.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epaulette mates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "epaulet mate",
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        "alternative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Checkmate patterns",
          "orig": "en:Checkmate patterns",
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          "name": "Chess",
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      "glosses": [
        "A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank."
      ],
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        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "checkmate",
          "checkmate"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "flight square",
          "flight square"
        ],
        [
          "rook",
          "rook"
        ],
        [
          "back rank",
          "back rank"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank."
      ],
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        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "olkainmatti"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Epaulettenmatt"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "epaulette mate"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Due to perceived visual similarity between rooks and epaulettes.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epaulette mates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "epaulet mate",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank."
      ],
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          "chess",
          "chess"
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        [
          "checkmate",
          "checkmate"
        ],
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          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "flight square",
          "flight square"
        ],
        [
          "rook",
          "rook"
        ],
        [
          "back rank",
          "back rank"
        ]
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        "(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank."
      ],
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        "board-games",
        "chess",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "olkainmatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Epaulettenmatt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epaulette mate"
}