checkerwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of checkerwork
Example Sentences
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My first sensation, as I stepped off the ladder to the checkerwork inside the stove, was relief.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
There was a space left at the top of the checkerwork for cleaning purposes.
From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford
The central group differs in a few minor points; twisted and loosely woven bark or wool takes the place of skins for clothing and baskets are all in checkerwork.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
That's what the checkerwork and fins are for—so that it can absorb the maximum amount of heat from the current of hot, moist air I spoke about.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
In the kingdom of Godfrey of Boulogne lived mixed up together, formed into a kind of variegated checkerwork, people of all lands and languages of the Occident—French, Italians, Spanish, English, and Germans.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
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