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halma

British  
/ ˈhælmə /

noun

  1. a board game in which players attempt to transfer their pieces from their own to their opponents' bases

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of halma

C19: from Greek halma leap, from hallesthai to leap

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Among the more capable halma players is William, Griffith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Henrietta and I rather amused ourselves after dinner teaching the commandant and another officer halma, which was just then at the height of its popularity.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

Dessert the evening before had proved a very dull affair, and the time in the drawing-room afterwards, playing halma with the cousins, was worse.

From Queensland Cousins by Haverfield, Eleanor Luisa

Our dinner was again very pleasant, and we had more halma in the evening.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

Inside were the emerald and opal "halma" board and ruby and diamond pieces, and with them a slip of parchment with Daphne's handwriting.

From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.

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