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n. A chequered pattern. vb. (present participle of chequer English)
Usage examples of "chequering".
Oft in the lone churchyard at night I've seen, By glimpse of moonlight chequering through the trees, A schoolboy with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up And lightly tripping o'er the long, flat stones With nettles skirted and with moss o'ergrown That tell in homely phrase who lies below.
Yet the chequering of the board is not essential to the game of chess.
A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
The translucent and shining waters of the calm sea covered fragments of old Roman villas, which were interlaced by sea-weed, and received diamond tints from the chequering of the sun-beams.