quadrilledadj.
/kwɒˈdrɪld/, /kwəˈdrɪd/, U.S. /kwɑˈdrid/, /kwɑˈdrɪld/ Marked with a grid of small squares; having a pattern composed of small squares.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adjective]
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tessellated1723
diced1725
dam-brod1779
blue-checked1790
quadrilled1835
quadrille1856
chessboard1889
windowpane-checked1917
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > patterned > quadrilled
quadrilled1835
quadrille1856
1835 Court Mag. 6 p. xvii/2 The prettiest of these is the quadrilled gros de Naples, with a white ground, and a flower in each square.
1899 Birmingham Weekly Post 2 Sept. 20/3 The second [tie] is of red silk quadrilled with black.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 123/2 Quadrilled Mounting, weft sewn to a squared pattern on a wire foundation for curl clusters and other forms of postiche. 19/20th cent.
1974 Fresno (Calif.) Bee Republican 4 July 7/2 A selection of blank quadrilled pages makes an excellent repository for the first 100 years of philately.
2004 A. Wion in M. J. Ramos & I. Boavida Indigenous & Foreign in Christian Ethiopian Art ix. 103 She is wearing a beautiful head-dress, a blue striped coat and a blue quadrilled skirt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1835