mata

1 mata, ~um [MEOF mat < Ar.māta, māt = he died, is dead, ellipt. form of shāh māt = the king is dead] , (chess; as interj.) checkmate, mate; b condition or state of checkmate. si non habet ubi pergat, scacha mattum audiat (Vers. Wint.) Hist. Chess 515; cum ‥ domina vicisset, ait militi secum ludenti: “non tibi sed orbi filio mat” Map NC IV 15 f. 56v; in isto schachario ‥ dicet ei diabolus mact J. Waleys Schak. 465.  b luditur cum illis [scaccis] ‥ donec venerit ad matham J. Sheppey Fab. 62.

2 mata , measure of ale. et quilibet dabit unam ~am cervisie si braceat tabernam DCCant. Register/S f. 46.

3 mata v. matta