chequering

English

Verb

chequering

  1. present participle of chequer

Noun

chequering (plural chequerings)

  1. A chequered pattern.
    • William Wordsworth
      What awful perspective! while from our sight / With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide / Their Portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed / In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light.
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