▪ I. † ˈcheckery, a. Obs.—0
[Aphetic f. OF. eschekeré: see chequer v. App. associated with Eng. formations in -y.]
Chequered, checky.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 72 Chekrye as cloþys and oþyr thynge [1499 chekered], scaccariatus. |
▪ II. † ˈcheckery, n. Obs.
Forms: 5 chekery, checory, 5 and 9 checkery.
[same word as prec.; F. eschekeré was also so used: but in sense 2 app. associated with words in -ery, like napery, finery.]
† 1. Checked cloth; a checked fabric. Obs.
| 1420 Test. Ebor. (1836) I. 420 A greene hake lyned with checory. 1459 Will in Ripon Ch. Acts 82 Togam meam de chekery. 1472 Plumpton Corr. Introd. 77 Clad in a garment of green checkery. |
2. Chequer-work, checked pattern. rare.
| 1837 Lockhart Scott lxiii, The beautiful checkery of the clan tartans. |