échiquier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- checkerboard noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
- chessboard noun The square board of 64 alternating light and dark squares used to play chess.
Senses
échiquier is used for these senses in English:
- checkerboard A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
- chessboard (chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
- marbled white The large black-and-white chequered butterfly Melanargia galathea, of the family Nymphalidae.
checkerboard — full definition
- noun A square board divided into sixty-four equal squares arranged in eight rows and eight columns, with adjacent squares alternating in color, typically black and white, used to play chess, checkers or draughts.
- noun A pattern of squares of alternating colors.
- noun A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.