chequerboard

British  

/ ˈtʃɛkəˌbɔːd /

noun

1. another name for a draughtboard

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Example Sentences

Some illustrations of Brunelleschi’s images impose such a chequerboard pattern on the piazzas in the foreground in order to make it more obvious that these are representations of three dimensions—but these patterns correspond to nothing in the real world, and so to nothing in his images.

From Literature

Her sneakers are painted, one with an impossibly small chequerboard of a thousand colors, the other with yellow happy faces alternating with black skulls.

From Literature

We wander around the remains of a thriving early Bronze Age city, concentric circles wrapped around a chequerboard of narrow stone streets and outlines of houses once occupied by merchants working the ancient sea route from Crete to Asia Minor.

From The Guardian

Whisky was poured over a chequerboard pattern of the two metals - which act as "tastebuds" - and researchers then measured how they absorbed light while submerged.

From BBC

The shield’s exterior had been painted and scored with a red chequerboard decoration, according to the research.

From Fox News