Definition of halma in English:

noun

• A game played by two or four people using a board of 256 squares, with pieces advancing from one corner to the opposite corner by being moved over other pieces into vacant squares.

  Example sentences

  • ‘Suppose we just had the rules for halma, but not the board and pieces and had to reconstruct the game.’
  • ‘Chinese Checkers was invented in Germany in (1892) and it's an descendant from the game of Halma (1883).’