chequerwise

Some planted the hills in 'plain squares chequerwise, which is the best way if you intend to plough with horses between the hills.

A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

The pavement, which is level with the ground, is composed of slabs of fine and various coloured marbles, mostly, however, white, disposed chequerwise.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

The upper arch is enriched with the chevron, and its dripstone with two rows of the round billet arranged chequerwise and with a moulding composed of a series of little crosses, rather suggestive of the dog-tooth.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

Speaking very generally a unit was made responsible for the defence of an area, and the principle of defence was to hold it, not by successive lines of defence, but by a series of mutually supporting posts arranged chequerwise and in depth.

The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 S. J. Wilson

In the south doorway the same colours radiate and alternate, and in the doorway of the south transept the red and yellow stones are arranged chequerwise. [

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story

The third assault was levelled again on the British right ” where the infantry awaited it, formed in a double line of squares, placed chequerwise, and protected in front by a battery of thirty field pieces.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906