Usually means: King trapped by own pieces.
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  1. smothered mate: Merriam-Webster
  2. smothered mate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smothered mate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smothered mate: Wordnik
  5. smothered mate: Wiktionary
  6. smothered mate: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Smothered mate, smothered mate: Dictionary.com
  8. Smothered Mate, Smothered mate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. smothered mate: FreeDictionary.org
  10. smothered mate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (smothered mate)

noun:  (chess) A checkmate, delivered by a knight, in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.

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