Tes″sel‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tessellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay.