chequer
chequer, checker.
1. Pattern involving the division of a surface into equal squares (chequers) treated alternately in different ways, such as in colour or texture: it is commonly found in tile or stone pavements resembling a chessboard and called chequer-work.
2. Type of diaper-work in which the compartments are all square, as in late-Romanesque and Gothic surface-carving.
1. Pattern involving the division of a surface into equal squares (chequers) treated alternately in different ways, such as in colour or texture: it is commonly found in tile or stone pavements resembling a chessboard and called chequer-work.
2. Type of diaper-work in which the compartments are all square, as in late-Romanesque and Gothic surface-carving.
chequer
chequer †chess(-board) XIII; †exchequer XIV; chequered pattern XVII. Aphetic of EXCHEQUER.
Hence chequer vb. diversify as with a chessboard pattern. XIV.
Hence chequer vb. diversify as with a chessboard pattern. XIV.
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