hachure
Americannoun
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one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
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shading composed of such lines.
verb (used with object)
noun
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hatching See hatch 3
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shading of short lines drawn on a relief map to indicate gradients
verb
Etymology
Origin of hachure
Example Sentences
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The hachures, unconnected at their outer extremities, indicate the fills or embankments over which the track runs.
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The Sketch Maps and Plans of certain areas and battlefields are only intended to give, by means of a few hachures, contours, and form-lines, a general impression of topographical features.
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See clear. line, n. stripe, streak; cord, rope, thread, string, cable; course, route; branch, department; boundary, contour, periphery, circumference, outline; lineament; row, series, rank, file; secant; hachure, hatching.
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The attractive character of certain localities in Ireland and abroad, as represented in general geographical maps of polychrome design or in special ordnance survey charts by employment of scale numerals and hachures.
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The handwriting on the label, as I gazed, appeared less and less like script and more like disconnected, scratchy lines or hachures, owing to the formation of lacunae in the inky traces.
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