Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stalemate
Stalemate
stalemate
n. & v. --n. 1 Chess a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check. 2 a deadlock or drawn contest. --v.tr. 1 Chess bring (a player) to a stalemate. 2 bring to a standstill. Etymology: obs. stale (f. AF estale f. estaler be placed: cf. STALE(1)) + MATE(2)
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I. noun see: installment Date: 1765 a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play, a drawn contest ; deadlock, II. transitive verb Date: 1765 to bring into a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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