WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
check•y
(chek′ē),USA pronunciation adj. [Heraldry.]
- Heraldrydivided into several rows of squares of two alternating tinctures:a fess checky, or and azure.
- Middle French escheque checked, chequered in pattern, past participle of eschequer, derivative of eschec check1
- late Middle English cheke(e) 1400–50
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