reversi

British  

/ rɪˈvɜːsɪ /

noun

1. a game played on a draughtboard with 64 pieces, black on one side and white on the other. When pieces are captured they are turned over to join the capturing player's forces; the winner is the player who fills the board with pieces of his colour

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Etymology

Origin of reversi

C19: from French; see _reverse

Example Sentences

Madame de Lespoisse's two sons also did very well at reversi and basset; their luck was invariably best at the more hazardous games.

From The Seven Wives Of Bluebeard 1920 by Stewart, D. B.

So little am I disposed for gaming, that I forgot to mention bouillotte, quinze, and also whist and reversi, which are introduced at all these parties.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

His accedunt et alii, qui, infirmitatibus aut aliis gravioribus rationibus ducti, ad suas diœceses reversi sunt.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von