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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

/ ˈ°ì°ùÉ’²õËŒ³óæ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. drawing to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦°ù´Ç²õ²õËŒ³ó²¹³Ù³¦³ó¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦°ù´Ç²õ²õh²¹³Ù³¦³ói²Ô²µ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crosshatch1

First recorded in 1815–25; cross- + hatch 3
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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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With a knife, score a crosshatch pattern into the surface fat on top of the roast.

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