crosshatch

crosshatch
crosshatching, n.
/kraws"hach', kros"-/, v.t.
1. to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
n.
2. a pattern or mark made with such lines.
[1815-25; CROSS- + HATCH3]

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