eschas
French
Pronunciation
Verb
eschas
- second-person singular past historic of escher
Old French
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king in chess”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”).
Noun
eschas m pl
- chess (board game)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- As eschas joent li plusor
- Several of them were playing chess