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📕 A small paperback 🕳️ A small recess 📐 Shaded drawing area
poche

poche

9.9
The shaded area on a drawing that shows solid parts like walls
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : sombreado
  • The shaded poche area on the blueprint differentiates the walls from the open spaces.

Examples

  • Students learned to shade the poche accurately to distinguish solid from empty spaces.

  • On the section drawing, the poche clearly marks the thickness of the stone walls.

  • The poche in the blueprint highlights the structural walls of the building.

  • The architect shaded the poche on the drawing.

  • In this plan, the poche indicates the solid walls.

  • The poche in the architectural drawing shows where the walls will be constructed.

  • In the design, the poche represents the solid materials used in the building's structure.

How Filled

poche
  • Specialized
9.9
hatching
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Surface Forms

poche singular
poches plural

Etymology

In architectural drawing, poche comes from French poche, meaning 'pocket'. It is the shaded or filled area that shows solid parts like walls, so the drawing clearly marks what is 'solid' on the plan.