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Hachure

Hachure \Hach"ure\ (h[a^]ch"[-u]r), n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

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hachure

n. (context cartography chiefly historical English) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.

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hachure

n. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch, hatching, crosshatch]

Usage examples of "hachure".

Uncertain what languages the Tuigan might understand, the letter had been written in both the flowing script of Semphar and the hachured ideograms of Shou Lung.