ˈcross-ˌhatch, v.
[cross- 6.]
To engrave or hatch a surface with parallel lines in two series crossing each other; esp. to shade an engraving or drawing by this method. Hence ˈcross-ˌhatched ppl. a.; ˈcross-ˌhatching vbl. n., the process of marking with crossing sets of parallel lines; the effect so produced.
| 1822 T. Bewick Mem. 239 Some impressions from wood-cuts done long ago, with cross-hatching. 1860 Cornh. Mag. No. 3. 271 A certain kind of cross-hatching went out with A. Durer. 1873 Geikie Gt. Ice Age vi. 74 Such cross-hatchings..seem to be confined to the lowland districts. 1888 W. E. Henley Bk. of Verses 46 The long lines of lofty, gray houses! Cross hatched with shadow and light. |
So ˈcross-ˌhatch n. = cross-hatching; ˈcross-ˌhatcher, one who executes cross-hatching.
| 1860 Cornh. Mag. No. 3. 271 With the engravers the ‘cross-hatch’ and the ‘double cypher’..were secrets. 1870 Spectator 19 Nov., 1384 All the stipplers and cross-hatchers in England. |