(chess) A group of pawns of the same color side by side, without any pawn of the same color diagonally adjacent to them.

(chess) A pawn on the knight's file; i.e., the b-file or g-file.

(chess) An unprotected pawn whose capture would be a losing move for the capturing player.

(chess) A pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file.

(chess) A pawn on the queen's file; i.e., the d-file.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of paw

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of paw

The quality of being pawky. / (Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) Something that is pawky; something arch or shrewd; a subtlety.

plural of pawkiness

The condition of having either the left or the right paw dominant; the handedness of an animal.