ˈchequer-wise, adv.
Like a ‘chequer’ or chessboard; in squares of alternate colours; with lines crossing at right angles. (Orig. in chequer wise.)
| 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, The stretes paued..In cheker wyse with stones whyte and reade. 1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture v. (1866) 205 Red velvett..powtherid w{supt} gold checker wise. 1561 Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 40 Rotes of Horse radice cut checkerwyse like to dice. 1577 Holinshed Chron. I. 11/1 They haue made a mingle mangle..of both the languages, and haue in such medleie or checkerwise so crabbedlie iumbled them both togither. 1719 London & Wise Compl. Gard. i. 267 To plant those Tufts Checquerwise. 1863 Kinglake Crimea II. 234 Battalion-columns posted..chequer-wise on the flanks of the great Redoubt. |