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crosshatch

American  
[kraws-hach, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌhætʃ, ˈkrɒs- /

verb (used with object)

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


noun

  1. a pattern or mark made with such lines.

crosshatch British  
/ ˈkrɒsˌhætʃ /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of crosshatch

First recorded in 1815–25; cross- + hatch 3

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With a knife, score a crosshatch pattern into the surface fat on top of the roast.

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2023

What I really wanted to do this time was to collide images of gathering and grief and allow them to crosshatch, intersect, make new colors, make new images.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2023

When exploring the crosshatch of Seattle streets and architecture with this column’s founder, Paul Dorpat, two decades ago, I realized that his X-ray photographic vision of our ephemeral city included similar traces.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2022

Their messages crosshatch the novel with funny, often profound ruminations on things like the Bronze Age, climate change and the nature and purpose of aesthetic beauty.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2021

Then, without hesitation, he set the Squirrel down once more on the Kool-Aid crosshatch, and Breashears and Athans husded Beck aboard.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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