chequy

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English

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Or, a fess chequy gules and argent.
Croatian chequy as part of coat of arms

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman escheké, eschequé (chequered), from eschec (chess, check). Influenced by chequ(er) +‎ -y and check.

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Adjective

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chequy (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821:
      Sometimes the Princess was seen conferring spiritedly with the Spongiatosta security details posted about the streets nearby, whose livery bore the ancient family arms, a sponge couchant on a field chequy with flames at the foot.

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