crosshatching

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English[edit]

Detail from an engraving with crosshatching.

Verb[edit]

crosshatching

  1. present participle and gerund of crosshatch

Noun[edit]

crosshatching (countable and uncountable, plural crosshatchings)

  1. (art) A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.
  2. A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

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