En passant definition

En passant

Topics En passant Definition

WordNet

(1) Incidentally; in the course of doing something else

"He made this remark in passing"

(2) (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed

WiktionaryText

en passant

in passing; incidentally
of a move in which a pawn may be captured, by another pawn, as if it had moved one square from its initial position instead of two