hachure

[ noun ha-shoor, hash-oor; verb ha-shoor ]

noun

1. one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
2. shading composed of such lines.

verb (used with object)

, ha·chured, ha·chur·ing.

1. Also to indicate or shade by hachures.

hachure

/ hæˈʃjʊə /

noun

1. hatching See hatch 3
2. shading of short lines drawn on a relief map to indicate gradients

verb

1. tr to mark or show by hachures

Word History and Origins

Origin of hachure¹

From French, dating back to 1855–60; hatch ³, -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of hachure¹

C19: from French, from hacher to chop up, hatch ³

Example Sentences

I mark Sabine's breasts so they will be enlarged to the size of snowmelons, and move the pencil down her stomach, making a series of hachure lines so as to smooth out the small depressions.

From Literature

The hachures, unconnected at their outer extremities, indicate the fills or embankments over which the track runs.

From Project Gutenberg

The Sketch Maps and Plans of certain areas and battlefields are only intended to give, by means of a few hachures, contours, and form-lines, a general impression of topographical features.

From Project Gutenberg

See clear. line, n. stripe, streak; cord, rope, thread, string, cable; course, route; branch, department; boundary, contour, periphery, circumference, outline; lineament; row, series, rank, file; secant; hachure, hatching.

From Project Gutenberg

The attractive character of certain localities in Ireland and abroad, as represented in general geographical maps of polychrome design or in special ordnance survey charts by employment of scale numerals and hachures.

From Project Gutenberg