Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gambit \Gam"bit\, n. [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a
   tripping up. See {Gambol}, n.] (Chess Playing)
   A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to
   gain an attacking position.

Source : WordNet®

gambit
     n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the
          speaker [syn: {ploy}]
     2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: {ploy}, {stratagem}]
     3: a chess move early in the game in which the player
        sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous
        position

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Gambit
     
         A variant of {Scheme} R3.99 supporting the {future}
        construct of {Multilisp} by Marc Feeley
        .  Implementation includes optimising
        compilers for {Macintosh} (with Toolbox and built-in editor)
        and {Motorola} {680x0} {Unix} systems and {HP300}, {BBN}
        {GP100} and {NeXT}.  Version 2.0 conforms to the {IEEE}
        {Scheme} standard.
     
        Gambit used {PVM} as its intermediate language.
     
        {(ftp://acorn.cs.brandeis.edu/dist)},
        {(ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/amiga/fish/f7/ff764/Gambit_Terp)}.
        {(ftp://ftp.iro.umontreal.ca/pub/parallele/gambit/)}.
     
        Mailing list: [email protected].
     
        (1998-02-10)