chequy

English

Or, a fess chequy gules and argent.

Alternative forms

• checky, chequey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛki/
• Rhymes: -ɛki

Adjective

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.

Translations

heraldry; chequered

• Dutch: geschakeerd (nl)
• Finnish: shakkiruutuinen
• French: échiqueté (fr) m
• German: geschacht
• Italian: scaccato (it) m
• Portuguese: xadrezado m
• Spanish: ajedrezado (es), jaquelado
• Swedish: schackrutad