crosshatch
verb (used with object)
to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
crosshatching
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a word derived from
crosshatch.
Example Sentences
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He uses it to add orange details to the edge of the leaf, shading them, crosshatching.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022
After an hour of crosshatching the Tucker Fire’s plume, the sun dipped behind the Pacific Ocean.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2022
Among the dazzlers are fine linen panels by Susan Marawarr with copper-metallic striations printed over deep-black crosshatching.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2022
The crosshatching of political and social developments against college football dominance has been a feature of Alabama life for nearly a century.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
The rest of the cliff looked impossible to descend—nothing more than a crosshatching of tiny ledges—but they kept climbing down.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
