crosshatch

[kraws-hach, kros-]

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

/ ˈkrɒsˌhætʃ /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• crosshatching noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crosshatch¹

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

Example Sentences

For Bibbs, art — in a crosshatching style, in his case — is all about communicating universal ideas.

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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.

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Hovering between realism and abstraction, these pieces, with their pink roses, puffy clouds and old-school amusement park rides drawn in rough, crosshatched lines, telegraph an almost childlike delight.

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Sendak’s minutely crosshatched, freewheeling pictures are as familiar and mysterious as the contours of your childhood bedroom in the dark.

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The veins, the spine, the nervous system: it is all there in Leonardo’s notebooks, immaculately crosshatched and detailed.

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