checkwork

== English == === Etymology === From check +‎ work. === Pronunciation === === Noun === checkwork (uncountable) A pattern of alternate squares like those of a checkerboard. Work that is done in order to check (inspect or verify) something. (fishing) The mechanism on a reel that halts it when it is unwinding. === References === “checkwork”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.