† echiquiern.
Military. Obsolete. rare.
In phrase, to retire in échiquier [so French en échiquier (Littré)] , i.e. by alternate squares.
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1812 Examiner 21 Dec. 812/1 They retired in echiquier, under a very heavy fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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