Definition of "chequer"

chequer

/ˈt͡ʃɛkə/

noun
plural chequers
1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
2. Alternative spelling of checker (in certain senses only)
verb
third-person singular simple present chequers, present participle chequering, simple past and past participle chequered
1. Alternative spelling of checker
  Quotations
  Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood.The spelling has been modernized.
  1711 December 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853
  A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
  1840-41, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge