hachure (redirected from hachured)

ha·chure  (h-shr, hshr)

n.

One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.

tr.v. (h-shr) ha·chured, ha·chur·ing, ha·chures

To make hatching on (a map).

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[French, from Old French, from hacher, to crosshatch; see hatch³.]

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hachure [hash-yoor]

Noun

shading of short lines drawn on a map to indicate the degree of steepness of a hill [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hachure - shading consisting of multiple crossing lines crosshatch, hatch, hatching shading - graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting