hachure
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- noun
- /həˈʃʊr/
- Specialized
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hachura
- In her drawing, she applied hachures to create a sense of depth and texture.
Examples
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The artist employed hachures to depict the contours of the landscape effectively.
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In the first example, the hachures are combined with mélanges.
Blog text (14) -
Hatches, hachures, and pick and pick lines of color run vertically to produce bars of color that run across the fail line. Pick and pick, it does run the color up.
Blog text (14) -
MAP: The annexed Alsace-Moselle area (with narrow hachures), east of the new border after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.
Academic text (2005) -
The map used hachure lines to show the steepness of the mountain slopes.
Synonyms
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Lines used in drawing to show light and dark
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A pattern of crossing lines used to show shadow or texture
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A drawing method using crossed lines to make shading and texture
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6.7
A way of making light and shadow using many short crossing lines
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hachure comes from the French verb hacher, which means 'to chop' or 'to cut' and is like the English word 'hack'. Think of many short 'chops' or lines on the paper that show slope or shadow, so hachure are the small strokes that give a sense of depth on maps and drawings.