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Definition of Chequered
1. Adjective. Patterned with alternating squares of color.
Definition of Chequered
1. Adjective. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of checkered) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chequered
1. chequer [v] - See also: chequer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chequered
Literary usage of Chequered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and ornamented in the ceilings with a sort of chequered work, which has a
handsome appearance. A great portion of the ground within the wall« of the ..."
2. Flora historica: or, The three seasons of the British parterre historically by Henry Phillips (1829)
"COMMON FRITILLARY, OH chequered LILY. Fritillaria Meleagris. ... Some of the
varieties have their petals chequered like a chessboard, others are mottled or ..."
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