• 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.

• Geometrical motif

• Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]

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