Definition of fianchetto

< fiancée

fiasco >

fi·an·chet·to    (fn-kt, -cht) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. fi·an·chet·ti  (-kt, -cht) KEY 

The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight's file.

tr. & intr.v.
fi·an·chet·toed, fi·an·chet·to·ing, fi·an·chet·tos

To develop as or set up a fianchetto.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, diminutive of fianco, flank, from Old Italian, from Old French flanc ; see flank