chequy

chequy

English

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

Etymology

Archaic spelling of checky.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛki

Adjective

chequy (not comparable)

1. (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