English▸ noun [mass noun] a board game in which two players move their pieces around twenty-four triangular points according to the throw of dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board.
▪ [count noun] the most complete form of win in the game of backgammon.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century: from back game. Compare the Middle English forms of game showing final -n, e.g. gammen, gammon, gamon.