crosshatch

verb

cross·​hatch ˈkrȯs-ˌhach How to pronounce crosshatch (audio)
crosshatched; crosshatching; crosshatches

transitive verb

: to mark with two series of parallel lines that intersect
crosshatch noun
cross-hatching noun

Examples of crosshatch in a Sentence

The fields were crosshatched by plowed paths.
Recent Examples on the Web Several expressways, including four major highways and bridges, crosshatch right through the center of the South Bronx to service food-distribution centers, waste-management facilities, and factories, resulting in at least 15,000 trucks passing through the South Bronx daily. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024 Sendak’s minutely crosshatched, freewheeling pictures are as familiar and mysterious as the contours of your childhood bedroom in the dark. Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 Asawa played with looping lines, broken lines, zigzag lines and the short, clustered lines of crosshatching and shading, and ideas just seemed to pour forth. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023 Griffith, a master of crosshatching, offers a love letter to form and function, line by careful line. Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023 Wild duck breasts don’t require crosshatching, Wilkins says. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Aug. 2023 Many of Gego’s early works began with the architectural convention of crosshatching. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023 After an hour of crosshatching the Tucker Fire’s plume, the sun dipped behind the Pacific Ocean. Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020 But his reputation rested equally on his abilities as a composer and arranger for large ensembles, interpolating bebop’s crosshatched rhythms and extended improvisations into lush tapestries. Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crosshatch was in 1662

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“Crosshatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crosshatch. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

crosshatch

verb
cross·​hatch ˈkrȯs-ˌhach How to pronounce crosshatch (audio)
: to mark with sets of parallel lines that cross
crosshatch noun
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