chequy

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman escheké, eschequé (“chequered”), from eschec (“chess, check”). Influenced by chequ(er) + -y and check.

adj

1. (heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
   Sometimes the Princess was seen conferring spiritedly with the Spongiatosta security details posted about the streets nearby, whose livery bore the ancient family arms, a sponge couchant on a field chequy with flames at the foot. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 821