Meaning
(1) riqmah, "variegation of color" (Eze 16:10, Eze 16:13, Eze 16:18, Eze 26:16, Eze 27:7, Eze 27:16, Eze 27:24);
(2) tashbets, "checkered stuff" (as reticulated). The high priest's garments consisted of "a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat (Ex 28:4 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "a coat of checker work"), a miter, and a girdle";
(3) plegma, "twined or plaited work" (1Ti 2:9 the King James Version).
See BRAIDED; EMBROIDERY.