having squares of alternating tinctures or furs; checked
checky in American English
(ˈtʃeki)
adjective
Heraldry
divided into several rows of squares of two alternating tinctures
a fess checky, or and azure
Also: chequy
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME cheke(e) ‹ MF escheque checked, chequered in pattern, ptp. of eschequer, deriv. of escheccheck1]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: peg, separate, structure, trunk, union