Eg, knight or bishop (8)
I believe the answer is:
chessman
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">eg knight</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(knight is a kind of chessman)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">bishop</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(bishop is an example)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for chessman that I've seen before include "that's played on board" , "Playing piece" , "Eg, bishop or rook" , "queen, perhaps" , "Eg, bishop, knight" .)