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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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Up close, you can see Lorenzato’s technique: After brushing on paint, he would make crosshatch patterns with a comb, a stick or a fork, giving the works a texture that almost seems to vibrate.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 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

The winter sun is already going down on Mid-City and its crosshatch of shotgun houses, the porch-sitters eyeing passing bicyclists and stray cats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

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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