CHECKERBOARD


Meaning of CHECKERBOARD in English

I. R -kə(r)ˌb-, - R -kəˌb- noun

Etymology: checker (I) + board

1. : a board used in checkers, chess, and other games with a typical pattern of 64 squares in 2 alternating colors arranged in 8 rows of 8 squares each

2. : a pattern or arrangement like a checkerboard

a checkerboard of cultivated fields, pasture lands and wooded tracts — American Guide Series: Texas

II. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to arrange, mark, line, or split up into a checkerboard pattern

with fields and forests checkerboarded around — American Guide Series: Arkansas

specifically : to purchase or lease (scattered parcels of land) in acquiring oil rights in a given area

the company's holdings are checkerboarded over the prospective oil territory

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.