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OP Nice find, etaoin. I read the whole article. I found another word used in a way I've not seen before. A long time ago, infants' diapers commonly had a raised crosshatch pattern. I wonder which usage came first.
From the encyclopedia article:
"The Flemish examples have the figures engraved in the centre of a large plate, the background filled in with diapered or scroll work, and the inscription placed round~ the edge of the plate. "
The etymology of "diaper" is interesting.
diaper ['daýəpə]
noun
1 the U.S. and Canadian word for: nappy1
2 a a woven pattern on fabric consisting of a small repeating design, esp. diamonds
b fabric having such a pattern
c such a pattern, used as decoration
verb
3 [transitive] to decorate with such a pattern
[ETYMOLOGY: 14th Century: from Old French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diasprus made of diaper, from Medieval Greek diaspros pure white, from dia- + aspros white, shining]
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