CROSSHATCHING

Verb

crosshatching

present participle of crosshatch

Noun

crosshatching (countable and uncountable, plural crosshatchings)

(arts) A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.

A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

Source: Wiktionary


Cross"hatch`ing, n.

Definition: In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

CROSSHATCH

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

Definition: To shade by means of crosshatching.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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