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Default Re: OT- Word of the day.

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Today's Word:

Fianchetto fee in chet toe

n (plural fi·an·chet·tos or fi·an·chet·ti)
chess move of bishop: in chess, the development of a bishop by moving it from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight’s file


vt (past fi·an·chet·toed, past participle fi·an·chet·toed, present participle fi·an·chet·to·ing, 3rd person present singular fi·an·chet·tos)
move bishop: to move a bishop using a fianchetto


[Mid-19th century. From Italian , literally “little flank,” from fianco “flank.”]
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