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Definition of Chequy
1. n. Same as Checky.
Definition of Chequy
1. Adjective. (heraldry) Chequered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chequy
1. chequered [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chequy
Literary usage of Chequy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"John de Roos, Y. chequy gu. and or. John Ros, V. chequy of lines palewise ...
chequy of nine pieces or and az. GENEVA, Z, (¡71). chequy or and az. a label ..."
2. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Or, a fess chequy az. and arg. surmounted of a bend engrailed gu. within a ...
Or, a fess chequy arg. and az. (2nd and 3rd quarters of 2nd and 3rd grand ..."
3. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"chequy arg. and sa. a fess vairy gu. nnd of the first. ... chequy or and az.
a fess gn. charged with a crescent or for diff. CLIFFORD, Baron Clifford of ..."
4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"chequy, gu. and ar. on a fesse .. three round buckles. ... chequy, ar. and gu.
on a fesse az. three mullets or. Geding, or Gedding. The same arms. ..."
5. The Visitation of Cambridge Made in a ̊(1575) by William Camden, John William Clay, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1897)
"Or, a fess chequy azure and argent, in chief a lion passant 10. ... Or, a fesse
chequy surmounted with abend engrailed gules, charged with three buckles ..."
6. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"chequy argent and azure, was the coat of the family of ... chequy of nine panes
only, occurs in some important foreign coats, as in that of VAN DEN HECKE ..."
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