chequer

Etymology
See.

Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”

Noun

 * 1) The edible fruit of the wild service tree,.
 * 2)  (in certain senses only)

Verb

 * 1) * 1840-41,, 
 * A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
 * 1) * 1840-41,, 
 * A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.