checkerwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of checkerwork
Example Sentences
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In the kingdom of Godfrey of Boulogne lived mixed up together, formed into a kind of variegated checkerwork, people of all lands and languages of the Occident—French, Italians, Spanish, English, and Germans.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
That's what the checkerwork and fins are for—so that it can absorb the maximum amount of heat from the current of hot, moist air I spoke about.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
My arms were too long and shot from my sleeves, when poking out, and got exposed to the gas and flame, which were still rising in the checkerwork.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
There was a space left at the top of the checkerwork for cleaning purposes.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
The stove, as I said, looked like a very tall boiler: half was a long brick-lined flue, where the gas burned; half, a mass of brick checkerwork for retaining the heat.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
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