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 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 Grace Christie
The bases and pedestals are covered either with carving or inlaid chequer and lozenge patterns.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
But he is a failure of a considerable poet, and some fragments of success chequer him.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
In a shrubbery walk, where a rising moon was just beginning to chequer the path with light and shade, he ran into Julian Horne, who was strolling tranquilly up and down, book in hand.
From Helena by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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