checkwork

Meanings

nouncheckwork (uncountable)

uncountableA pattern of alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
And these are the garments that they shall make: breastplate and ephod and robe and checkwork tunic, turban and sash.
2008, Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, page 473
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It should be mentioned that "checkwork" is also employed to decorate the heads of several figurines from Western Europe (Brassempouy, Menton).
1988, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia - Volumes 27-28, page 24
But the assumption that checkwork is also a female decoration is proved by the fact that in some cases the figurines from Western Europe have details showing this same decorative feature .
1995, Mariana Gvozdover, Art of the Mammoth Hunters: The Finds from Avdeevo, page 19
This was a basin midway between Mt Galičica and Mt Baba, a checkwork of low hills and terraced orchards, tipping south towards Lake Prespa.
2018, Guy Stagg, The Crossway
uncountableWork that is done in order to check (inspect or verify) something.
Checkwork done at the Mellon Institute has shown the specifications to be fair and reasonable.
1918, Annual Report of the Director of the Bureau of Standards, page 190
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The remaining 404 additional employees (6 agents and 398 clerks) are for assignment at the seat of government, the bult to be utilized to meet a rapidly rising volume of name and fingerprint checkwork. The Committee was advised that during 1966, the Bureau received 2,426,665 names for search through its files, up 43% over the prior year and a further substantial increase in name checkwork is anticipated.
1967, United States. Congress, “Report No. 318: Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, The Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, Fiscal Year 1968”, in Reports and Documents, volume 3, page 10
In Medawar's own terms they describe the 'checkwork' rather than giving the wider picture of 'guesswork and checkwork' .
2012, Robin Millar ·, Doing Science, page 142
Educators often load themselves down with grading that's really just checkwork designed to ensure students complete the activities assigned.
2022, Jennifer D. Klein, Kapono Ciotti, Landscape Model of Learning
uncountablefishingThe mechanism on a reel that halts it when it is unwinding.
The deluxe reel with every refinement including adjustable check, quick-release drum, dual checkwork, etc.
1964, The Fishing Gazette [New Series] - Issues 4524-4544, page 218
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With the reel comes an instruction booklet of exemplary clarity, in respect of both text and illustration, a necessity in view of the alterations to the checkwork which the angler himself may make for left or right-hand wind, for silent running and so on.
1979, The Salmon and Trout Magazine: Volumes 215-223, page 61
When set properly, the checkwork should offer more resistance to the line when it's going out than when it's being wound in.
1987, A. J. McClane, Keith Gardner, The Complete Book of Fishing, page 20