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

Derived Forms

• ˈcrossˌhatching, noun

Other Words From

• crosshatching noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crosshatch¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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

From Literature

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

From Washington Times

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