Board pieces (8)
I believe the answer is:
chessmen
'board pieces' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for chessmen that I've seen before include "Knights, rooks, pawns etc collectively - even the queen" , "Knights, bishops, rooks etc" , "Board pieces" , "'Bishops, pawns etc (8)'" , "Pawns, queens, rooks etc" .)