a game for two persons played on a board having two tables or parts, each marked with 12 points, and with both players having 15 pieces that are moved in accordance with throws of the dice.
2.
a victory at this game, especially one resulting in a tripled score.
verb (used with object)
3.
to defeat at backgammon, especially to win a triple score over.
But, as one backgammon-playing bot proves,they're coming close.
The lodge offers ski storage, a lounge with a backgammon table, computer and television.
It's also the best place to haggle for an inlaid backgammon set.
Once upon a time it was chess, backgammon, and blackjack.
Chess, checkers, and backgammon have been pastimes for older children and adults for hundreds of years.
Some days, my grandfather and my uncle would play backgammon.
There was a battered backgammon board, and a dingy pack of cards with.
British Dictionary definitions for backgammon
backgammon
/ˈbækˌɡæmən; bækˈɡæmən/
noun
1.
a game for two people played on a board with pieces moved according to throws of the dice
2.
the most complete form of win in this game
Word Origin
C17: back1 + gammon, variant of game1
Word Origin and History for backgammon
n.
1640s, baggammon, the second element from Middle English gamen, ancestor of game; the first element because pieces are sometimes forced to go "back." Known 13c.-17c. as tables.