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Definition of Chequer
1. Verb. Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.
2. Noun. One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers.
Category relationships: Checkers, Draughts
Specialized synonyms: King
Generic synonyms: Man, Piece
3. Verb. Variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns.
Definition of Chequer
1. n. & v. Same as Checker.
Definition of Chequer
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of checker) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of checker) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chequer
1. to checker [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: checker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chequer
Literary usage of Chequer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To check or chequer ¡s,— chequer, vs To form into parts or di- ... The court of
chequer, or Exchequer, chequed cloth resembling a cheu board, ..."
2. The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton (1914)
"AT CANTERBURY THE chequer OF THE HOOP WHEN the pilgrims reached Canterbury, they
entered the city gate, and made their way to ..."
3. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1764)
"... chequer (that is to fay) in the office of the auditor of tie ж; of receipts ¡n
That there ... be paid ¡IB ti* ¡. chequer by virtue of this act, ..."
4. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1905)
"It is Cmtn'oi possible that his constitutional timidity led him to chequer.
approve of tne less direct mode cf facing the difficulty. ..."