CROSSHATCH

hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure

(noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

crosshatch

(verb) shade with multiple crossing lines; “the draftsman crosshatched the area”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crosshatch (plural crosshatches)

A pattern of crossing lines.

Verb

crosshatch (third-person singular simple present crosshatches, present participle crosshatching, simple past and past participle crosshatched)

To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

Source: Wiktionary


Cross"hatch` (-hch`; 224), v. t.

Definition: To shade by means of crosshatching.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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