Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To mark or shade with two or more intersecting sets of parallel lines.
  • noun A pattern made by such lines.
  • noun The symbol (#).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In engraving, to shade with lines crossing one another. See cross-hatching.
  • noun In engraving, a series of lines intersecting at right angles or diagonally.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To shade by means of crosshatching.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A pattern of crossing lines.
  • verb To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb shade with multiple crossing lines
  • noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

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Examples

  • These were east-west ridges, what is called crosshatch fighting.

    Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II 1995

  • Beneath the crosshatch gazes of the satellites and above the maze of sound, seahorse clouds exhale a glaucoma haze before they are absorbed into surveillance footage.

    Maze of Sound stephen hastings-king 2011

  • Dip both sides of the bread slices in the egg mixture, remove, and allow the excess to drip off and place on the grill btw, this is a great time to try to get those grilled crosshatch marks on the bread - see page 132.

    Haute Coals: Frilly Grilling on the Backyard BBQ Gwendolyn Bounds 2011

  • She ran a cold fingertip along a fading crosshatch of scars on her inner forearm.

    A PERFECT ENVELOPE • by Maria H. McDonald 2010

  • Score the skin of pork belly in a crosshatch pattern, leaving about 1½ inches between each slice.

    Dressed for Fall 2011

  • The Super Sport is immediately recognizable, thanks in no small part to a body made entirely of carbon fiber--the über-expensive material and crosshatch pattern is unmistakable.

    Beautiful Monster Hannah Elliott 2010

  • Forest and wetlands dot the acres of public and private dunes that curl around Saugatuck city, a crosshatch of boutiques and inns.

    A Billionaire's Dune Duel Bryan Gruley 2010

  • Lightly score the flank steak on each side in a 1-inch crosshatch pattern.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • By the time Saturday programming rolls around, geekdom at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 will reach a fever pitch of camping out and costumes and more lines than an R. Crumb crosshatch.

    COMIC-CON: Saturday's schedule is here -- and so, too, our early picks 2010

  • Every window of the hotel looks inward to a crosshatch of courtyards and fountains, banyans and Madeira palms.

    The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

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  • Crosshatching is used a lot in the traditional painting styles of Australian Aboriginals.

    July 21, 2008