checky

or chequ·y

[ chek-ee ]

adjective

, Heraldry.

1. divided into several rows of squares of two alternating tinctures:

   a fess checky, or and azure.

checky

/ ˈtʃɛkɪ /

adjective

1. usually postpositive heraldry having squares of alternating tinctures or furs; checked

Word History and Origins

Origin of checky¹

1400–50; late Middle English cheke ( e ) < Middle French escheque checked, chequered in pattern, past participle of eschequer, derivative of eschec check ¹

Example Sentences

Squared into more than nine squares the shield becomes checky or checkered and the number is not reckoned.

From Project Gutenberg

A field divided into squares or checkers formed checky, and when divided into what are now called lozenges it became lozengy.

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The quarterings are three stags' heads, and checky; and as the motto has puzzled wiser heads than mine, I beg leave to produce it.

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