checky

checky
/chek"ee/, adj. Heraldry.
divided into several rows of squares of two alternating tinctures: a fess checky, or and azure.
Also, chequy.
[1400-50; late ME cheke(e) < MF escheque checked, chequered in pattern, ptp. of eschequer, deriv. of eschec CHECK1]

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