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Webster 1913 Edition
Crosshatching
Cross′hatchˊing
,Noun.
In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.
Definition 2024
crosshatching
crosshatching
See also: cross-hatching
English
Detail from an engraving with crosshatching.
Verb
crosshatching
- present participle of crosshatch
Noun
crosshatching (countable and uncountable, plural crosshatchings)
- (art) 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.