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Definition of Hachure
1. Noun. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
Generic synonyms: Shading
Derivative terms: Crosshatch, Hatch, Hatch, Hatch, Hatch
Definition of Hachure
1. n. A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
Definition of Hachure
1. Noun. (cartography chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hachure
1. to make a hatching on a map [v -CHURED, -CHURING, -CHURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hachure
Literary usage of Hachure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden, King, Powell, and by Laurence Frederick Schmeckebier (1904)
"hachure map. Scale, 10 miles to the inch. Also in report for 1871. Upper Geyser
Basin. ... hachure. Scale, 400 feet to the inch. Hot Springs on Witch Creek. ..."
2. Manual of Coal and Its Topography: Illustrated by Original Drawings, Chiefly by J. Peter Lesley (1856)
"hachure lines are to be rejected from our art iu almost every instance. They are
those radiating, straight or quivering lines by which mountains have almost ..."
3. First Year Science by William Henry Snyder (1914)
"Such maps are called hachure maps. The commonest way in this country is to draw
lines connecting places of equal elevation. These lines wander in and out of ..."
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