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noun
A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.7
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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noun
1990, Oxford University Press, The Oxford School Atlas (27th Edition), page 9, recto
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To mark a map with hachures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hatch, hatching, crosshatch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shading
History
From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
