PREFERRED TERM
Chequered
DEFINITION
- adj. Probably derived from the French "eschequeré" "eschekeré". It defines any decoration marked like a chess-board or having a pattern of various colours in more or less geometrical arrangement.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Damier
French
Motivo a scacchiera
Italian
Ajedrezado
Spanish
damero
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/826
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