chequer-workchecker workn.

Forms: see chequer n.¹ and work n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chequer n.¹, work n.

Etymology: < chequer n.¹ + work n..Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchequer-work.

1. Work arranged after the pattern of a chessboard; work chequered in pattern. Also attributive.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [noun]

checkingc1440

checkc1450

chequer-work1519

chequer1779

chequerboard1835

checkery1837

quadrille1884

windowpane check1898

Prince of Wales check1935

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > geometric

checkingc1440

checkc1450

chequer-work1519

pane?a1549

diaper-work1602

chevron1605

diapery1631

fret1664

tooth-work1681

polygram1696

chequer1779

reticulum1797

Grecque1832

checkery1837

gammadion1848

diaper1851

key pattern1853

diapering1866

Greek fret1872

rangoli1884

geometric1894

Greek key1897

step pattern1908

Mondrian1964

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxix. f. 242 The rofe shalbe celed vautwyse & with cheker work.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 366 The Romane coines, the checkerworke pavements.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3754/8 A Stuff Gown of Red and Blue Chequer-work.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 2 My letter first written horizontally..then perpendicularly to form a sort of chequer-work.

2. transferred and figurative. Anything chequered or diversified with contrasting characters.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity > that which is diverse in form

patchery1579

chequer-work1618

contesseration1652

1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 14 Now ioy with sorrow, checker-worke.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 8 A Checquer-work of Arguments and Oratory.

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms lx. 10 The Churches prosperity, like checker-work, is intermingled with adversity.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 184 How strange a Chequer Work of Providence is the Life of Man!

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 181 One of the most striking examples, which the chequer-work of human life could shew.

1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 263 [The water] coursing along the checker work of channels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	chequer-work
释义	chequer-workchecker workn. Forms: see chequer n.¹ and work n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chequer n.¹, work n. Etymology: < chequer n.¹ + work n..Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchequer-work. 1. Work arranged after the pattern of a chessboard; work chequered in pattern. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [noun] checkingc1440 checkc1450 chequer-work1519 chequer1779 chequerboard1835 checkery1837 quadrille1884 windowpane check1898 Prince of Wales check1935 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > geometric checkingc1440 checkc1450 chequer-work1519 pane?a1549 diaper-work1602 chevron1605 diapery1631 fret1664 tooth-work1681 polygram1696 chequer1779 reticulum1797 Grecque1832 checkery1837 gammadion1848 diaper1851 key pattern1853 diapering1866 Greek fret1872 rangoli1884 geometric1894 Greek key1897 step pattern1908 Mondrian1964 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxix. f. 242 The rofe shalbe celed vautwyse & with cheker work. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 366 The Romane coines, the checkerworke pavements. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3754/8 A Stuff Gown of Red and Blue Chequer-work. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 2 My letter first written horizontally..then perpendicularly to form a sort of chequer-work. 2. transferred and figurative. Anything chequered or diversified with contrasting characters. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity > that which is diverse in form patchery1579 chequer-work1618 contesseration1652 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 14 Now ioy with sorrow, checker-worke. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 8 A Checquer-work of Arguments and Oratory. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms lx. 10 The Churches prosperity, like checker-work, is intermingled with adversity. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 184 How strange a Chequer Work of Providence is the Life of Man! 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. vi. 181 One of the most striking examples, which the chequer-work of human life could shew. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 263 [The water] coursing along the checker work of channels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1519
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