Board pieces (8)
I believe the answer is:
chessmen
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">board pieces</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(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" .)