Definition of "halma" []

• A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares. (noun)

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• "Inside were the emerald and opal "halma" board and ruby and diamond pieces, and with them a slip of parchment with Daphne's handwriting."
• "When you have gone, I will ask Mrs. Gordon to teach me the spirit of acquiescence, and one of those distracting games -- bésique or halma, or some of the other infernal pastimes that heaven decrees for recalcitrant spirits in need of crushing discipline."
• "And because they're ignorant novices, brought up on old maid and halma, they think it's foul play!"