A major chess piece The Rook's strength is equivalent to five pawns The Rook can only move in straight lines along ranks and files until stopped by another piece The Rook is the piece, other than the King, that is involved in the castling move Sometimes called a "castle", however to refer to it that way is to appear unprofessional
{i} castle, game piece that can move horizontally or vertically across an unlimited number of unoccupied squares (Chess); swindler, cheat; one who cheats in games of chance; (Zoology) black European bird of the crow family
A rook in heraldry is the bird of that name common in Great Britain It resembles the crow, but is smaller When the piece in chess known as a rook is borne, it is blazoned a chess-rook They are sometimes seen on the same arms, as in the case of Rook of Kent: Argent, on a chevron engrailed between three rooks sable, as many chess-rooks of the first
In chess, a rook is one of the chess pieces which stand in the corners of the board at the beginning of a game. Rooks can move forwards, backwards, or sideways, but not diagonally. = castle. Most abundant Eurasian bird (Corvus frugilegus) of the crow family (Corvidae). Rooks, 18 in. (45 cm) long, are black and have shaggy thigh feathers and bare white skin at the base of the sharp bill. They are migratory and range discontinuously from Britain to Iran and Manchuria. They dig for larvae and worms in meadows and plowed fields. They nest in large colonies (rookeries) in tall trees, sometimes within towns; the nest, solidly constructed of twigs and soil, is used year after year
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
rooks
Turkish pronunciation
rûks
Pronunciation
/ˈro͝oks/ /ˈrʊks/
Etymology
[ 'ruk ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English hrOc; akin to Old High German hruoch rook.