chequy

English

Or, a fess chequy of three traits gules and argent.

Etymology

Archaic spelling of checky.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛki

Adjective

chequy (not comparable)

(heraldry) Chequered.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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) m, jaquelado

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