checky

American  

[chek-ee] / ˈtʃɛk i /

Or chequy

adjective

Heraldry.

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

   a fess checky, or and azure.

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checky British  

/ ˈtʃɛkɪ /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of checky

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The heraldry writers are ready to note that when two rows are used “counter-compony” is the word in place of checky, and “compony-counter-compony” in the case of three rows.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Cobham bore “Silver a lion checky gold and sable.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Arderne bore “Ermine a fesse checky gold and gules.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various