A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
a piece of machinery
One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.
From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion, quota”). Compare Welsh peth, B...
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to piece a garment
To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
“It didn't rain, so I decided to come piece with you.[…]” We never finished that piece.