dabbaba

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَبَّابَة (dabbāba, a kind of siege engine).

Noun

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dabbaba (plural dabbabas)

  1. (chess) A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.