chalked

English

Adjective

chalked

1. Written in or covered by chalk.
   • 2006, Andrew Livesey, ‎Alan Robinson, The Repair of Vehicle Bodies, page 439:

     These points are joined diagonally by using a chalked length of cord which is held tight and then flicked to the floor, leaving a chalked straight line between each pair of points.

   • 2010, Robert Farris Thompson, Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy, page 111:

     They chanted sacred texts in Spanish and creolized Ki-Kongo while lowering a charm from the ceiling of a shrine to a chalked sign drawn upon the floor :

   • 2015, Karin Scheper, The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding, page 196:

     While the base layer of the first lacquer bindings were composed of heavily chalked leather or, according to Haldane, parchment, soon paper boards, fixed with gypsum or chalk, were being painted and finished with multiple layers of lacquer.

   • 2023, Donna Norman-Carbone, All That Is Sacred, page 58:

     My chalked hands gripped the bars.

Derived terms

• unchalked

 

Verb

chalked

1. simple past and past participle of chalk
   • 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Week-end diversions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:

     [...] what still aggravates the traveller is that he rarely learns that his week-end train has been re-scheduled until he arrives at the main station to begin his journey and catches sight of a chalked notice in the concourse.

Anagrams

• hackled