Medieval Glossary

Checky

In heraldry, when the field of any charge is composed of small squares of different tinctures, it is said to be 'checky.'

Related term(s): Heraldry; Charge (Heraldry); Field (Heraldry); Tincture; Ordinary; Base (Heraldry)
Category: Heraldry
Added: 06.13.06
Source information: Wilhelm, Thomas. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1881. 101.

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