English Explanatory Dictionary

brinkmate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.

Word forms

brinkmate brinkmates

Etymology

From brink + mate. First attested in the British Shogi magazine in 1983.

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