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单词 checky
释义

checky

or chequ·y

[ chek-ee ]
/ ˈtʃɛk i /
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adjective Heraldry.

divided into several rows of squares of two alternating tinctures: a fess checky, or and azure.

Origin of checky

1400–50; late Middle English cheke(e) <Middle French escheque checked, chequered in pattern, past participle of eschequer, derivative of escheccheck1

Words nearby checky

checks and balances, checkup, check valve, checkweighman, checkwriter, checky, cheddar, cheddar pink, cheddite, cheder, Chédiak-Steinbrinck-Higashi syndrome
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Example sentences from the Web for checky

  • The quarterings are three stags' heads, and checky; and as the motto has puzzled wiser heads than mine, I beg leave to produce it.

    Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 128, April 10, 1852|Various

British Dictionary definitions for checky

checky
/ (ˈtʃɛkɪ) /

adjective

(usually postpositive) heraldry having squares of alternating tinctures or furs; checked
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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