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crosshatched

crosshatched

7.4
Having sets of crossing lines to show dark or textured areas
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɔsˌhæʧt/
  • Specialized
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  • I had not known it was then a dark man removed his shirt, revealed the scars crosshatched like the lines in this journal on his back.

I had not known it was then a dark man removed his shirt, revealed the scars crosshatched like the lines in this journal on his back.

Examples

  • The illustrated manual featured crosshatched diagrams that clearly showed how to assemble the furniture.

  • Crosshatched creases marked all her face except her nose.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The latest reports said they held about ten thousand square kilometers of desert land near the equator, marked on the map as a crosshatched circle a hundred klicks in diameter.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Nimble, severe, It's rings of skin, etched crosshatch, Half Moon over a frayed horizon.

  • The crosshatched conceptual structure in the middle corresponds with the enterprise schema in Figure 2 and is used to assist both the design process and the conclusion materialization process.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The artist used crosshatched lines to create depth in the charcoal drawing.

  • In her sketch, she emphasized the shadows with crosshatched patterns to make them more dramatic.

Synonyms

hatched
vscrosshatched
  • Specialized
6.5

A part of a drawing shaded with many fine lines to show shadow

is marked by intersecting line sets used in drawing and engraving
crisscrossed
vscrosshatched
4.1

Covered with lines or paths that go in different directions

is specifically for shading using parallel or intersecting lines in art

How Shaded

crosshatched
  • Specialized
7.4
hatched
  • Specialized
6.5
shaded
3.5
unshaded
3.5

Surface Forms

crosshatched positive

Morphology

crosshatched = crosshatch (semi-transparent) = cross + hatch + ed

Formed by regular past-participle/adjectival -ed on the verb 'crosshatch', straightforwardly meaning 'having been crosshatched'.

Etymology

Crosshatched comes from cross- meaning 'across' and hatched meaning 'made of short lines' used to shade drawings, so a crosshatched area is shaded by sets of lines that cross each other.