'Checkerwork' definitions:

Definition of 'Checkerwork'

From: GCIDE

Checkerwork \Check"er*work`\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*w[^u]rk`), n.
1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials. [1913 Webster]
2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. [1913 Webster]
How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]