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Definition of Checky
1. a. Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.
Definition of Checky
1. Adjective. (alternative form of chequy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Checky
1. chequered [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Checky
Literary usage of Checky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1906)
"WARREN 8 checky, nr and .^n/es ... ... ... VAUX 7 9 Lozengy, argent and £M/« .
... 15 2 Bars argent, over all a Bend checky or and gules 16 2 Bar-* or, ..."
2. Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army During the Great Civil War by Richard Symonds, Charles Edward Long (1859)
"... impaling BRETT, below which is a coat checky. Vair, argent and azure, ...
a label of three points azure; impaling BRETT above, and a checky before. ..."
3. Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties in 1530 by Thomas Tonge, Norroy by Thomas Tonge, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe (1863)
"3, checky, or and azure. II, Gules, the three legs of Man conjoined argent ...
III, checky, or and azure, a chevron ermine. IV, Gules, a lion passant argent ..."
4. Diary of the Marches of the Royal Army During the Great Civil War; Kept by by Richard Symonds (1859)
"... impaling BRETT, below which is a coat checky. Vair, argent and azure, impaling,
the upper half of the shield BRETT, the lower half checky. ..."
5. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1902)
"THIRD SHIELD — checky Or and Vert a Bend Ermine by the name of ... FIFTH SHIELD—
checky Or and Vert a Bend Ermine by the name of Sparke. ..."
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