pawn
pawn
- n an article deposited as security
- n a person used by another to gain an end
- n (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
- n borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
- v leave as a guarantee in return for money
pawn your grandfather's gold watch
- The hour for putting British liberties temporarily in pawn as a means of strengthening the kingdom's effort to snatch victory from the jaws of Blitzkrieg struck in the House of .
- Hinckley purchased the ammunition that was used at another pawn shop, this one in Lubbock, Texas.
- The usual defensive formation of queen's pawn at queen four is very similar to that of black in all of queen's pawn openings: pawn at king four and pawn at king three, knight .