crosshatch

• cross-hatch

From cross- +‎ hatch.

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crosshatch (plural crosshatches)

1. A pattern of crossing lines.

crosshatch (third-person singular simple present crosshatches, present participle crosshatching, simple past and past participle crosshatched)

1. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.
   • 2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581:

     The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.