crosshatching

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of crosshatch
2. noun A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.
3. noun A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

Similar words

hatching hachure hatch hocket hatchure hoquet hocketing herring-bone houndstooth huckshin

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