rook
rook
- n (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- n common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- v deprive of by deceit
- Kramnik's rook was more actively placed and the computer made the classic endgame mistake of passively positioning his rook to defend a pawn rather than jettisoning the lowly foot .
- Neither Vidmar's knight nor rook dares take the black bishop, for then the game would be lost immediately.
- Said he: "There was and is no intention of reducing the national rook population by heavy and indiscriminate slaughter all over the country.