quekeborde (1477-78)
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quekeborde (1477-78)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  quek n. (quek-board); MED:  quek(e n. (queke borde); DMLBS: ∅ ]
qwekeborde  
M.E.

The word is most probably borrowed from English, and, according to the OED, ultimately of Middle Dutch origin (quaecspel).

s.

1gamesa game played with dice on a chequerboard: 
( 1477-78 )  [...] occupier ou jeuer ascuns dez ditz jeuez appellez closshe, keylez, halfbowle, handyn et handoute ou qwekeborde ou ascun de eux  ii 463
bord#1  quacspelle 
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