chessboardlike

English

Etymology

From chessboard +‎ -like.

Adjective

chessboardlike (comparative more chessboardlike, superlative most chessboardlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chessboard.
   • 1993, Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson, Peter H Klopfer, Nicholas S Thompson, Behavior and evolution:

     A large chessboardlike aquarium was made, which contained 25 separate compartments 15 × 15 × 15 cm in size.