单词 | checkerboard |
释义 | checkerboard /chek"euhr bawrd', -bohrd'/, n. 1. a board marked off into 64 squares of two alternating colors, arranged in eight vertical and eight horizontal rows, on which checkers or chess is played. 2. a design resembling this: The garden was laid out in a checkerboard. v.t. 3. to arrange in or mark with a checkerboard pattern: a wall checkerboarded with black and white tiles. Also called, Brit., draughtboard (for def. 1). [1765-75; CHECKER1 + BOARD] |
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