the opposite of a pin A straight-line tactic in which an enemy piece is compelled to move off the line of attack, exposing on the same line another unit to capture or a key square to occupation
In a quick-release hub, the skewer is the shaft that runs through the middle of the hollow axle, and the associated hardware, in cluding the quick-release cam and the acorn nut A rod used to help maintain alignment in a stack of elastomer bumpers in an elastomer suspension fork
When your piece moving on a line, forces an enemy piece to move, exposing a piece behind it See the lesson on Pins and Skewers
If you skewer something, you push a long, thin, pointed object through it. He skewered his victim through the neck. skewered beef with vegetables. a long metal or wooden stick that is put through pieces of meat to hold them together while they are cooked (Perhaps from skiver (15-19 centuries))