Chess"es (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty.] Mil.

The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Wilhelm.

A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

 

© Webster 1913.

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