chequering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of chequer

adj

1. That chequers something in pattern.

   “[…] Above, the azure sky was glowing, Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing, Around in chequering light and shade, Her hues delighted Spring display'd; […]”

noun

1. A chequered pattern.

   “What awful perspective! while from our sight / With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide / Their Portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed / In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light.”