overcheck


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overcheck

[′ō·vər‚chek]
(textiles)
A fabric pattern in which one check of different size or color is superimposed upon another.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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