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.

Translations

a method of showing shading by means of multiple small intersecting lines

Maori: kauruku whakahāngai

Portuguese: hachura (pt) f

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