- a variation of checker.
chequer
Britishnoun
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any of the marbles, pegs, or other pieces used in the game of Chinese chequers
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a pattern consisting of squares of different colours, textures, or materials
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one of the squares in such a pattern
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verb
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to make irregular in colour or character; variegate
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to mark off with alternating squares of colour
Etymology
Origin of chequer
C13: chessboard, from Anglo-French escheker, from eschec check
Example Sentences
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Richard Austen Butler, 48> able intellectual and pamphleteer of the party -Chancellor of the Ex chequer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The floor was of steel, with a raised chequer pattern in order to give a better grip to one's feet.
From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.
Our device was old enough, a return to the chequer of ancient sea-forts and the line of painted gun-ports with which we used to decorate our clipper sailing ships.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
Photographs of two typical pedigree Homing or Racing Pigeons, colours black and blue chequer, bred and shown by Frederick Romer, Esq., prize-winners in races from France to England.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
The four corners are filled up with a chequer darn; this each time picks up as much material as it leaves.
From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace
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