Толковый словарь английского языка - pawn

I. noun see: foot Date: 14th century one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank, one that can be used to further the purposes of another, II. noun Etymology: Middle English paun, from Middle French dialect (Walloon, Flanders) pan Date: 15th century 1. something delivered to or deposited with another as security for a loan, hostage, the state of being pledged, something used as a pledge ; guaranty, the act of ~ing, III. transitive verb Date: 1570 to deposit in pledge or as security especially in exchange for money, ~er also ~or noun