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crosshatch

[ kraws-hach, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˌhætʃ, ˈkrɒs- /

verb (used with object)

to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.

noun

a pattern or mark made with such lines.

Origin of crosshatch

First recorded in 1815–25; cross- + hatch³

OTHER WORDS FROM crosshatch

cross·hatch·ing, noun

Words nearby crosshatch

crossed hemiplegia, crossed reflex, crossette, crossfire, crossfoot, crosshatch, crosshead, crossing, crossing guard, crossing over, crossjack

Example sentences from the Web for cross-hatching

Turner, the Rev. William, his opinion of cross-hatching, 562.

A Treatise on Wood Engraving |John Jackson
No scrawling or scratching, or cross-hatching, or 'free' work of any sort.

Ariadne Florentina |John Ruskin
All the cross-hatching was done with the triangle of 60 degrees and that of 90 degrees.

Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught |Joshua Rose
Azure is shown by horizontal shading lines; gules by upright lines; sable by cross-hatching of upright and horizontal lines.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 |Various

His sister executed an elaborate bit of cross-hatching on some waste paper.

New Grub Street |George Gissing

British Dictionary definitions for cross-hatching

crosshatch

/ (ˈkrɒsˌhætʃ) /

verb

drawing to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another

Derived forms of crosshatch

crosshatching, noun