half-open

British

adjective

chess (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it

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And that’s why at the base of the structure is a looping opening meant to signify a half-open doorway.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Dunn prevented an early Colorado lead when he blocked a deposit into the half-open net.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

She was in her bed, she recalls, and saw it perched on the sill of the half-open window.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Qd1 Nf5, and Black enjoys a huge spatial edge, a half-open h-file and much better-placed pieces.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Bill Volt found them in the morning, hunched up in their cages, staring with glassy, half-open eyes.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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