Associations to the word «Crosshatching»

Wiktionary

CROSSHATCH, noun. A pattern of crossing lines.
CROSSHATCH, verb. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

Dictionary definition

CROSSHATCH, noun. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
CROSSHATCH, verb. Shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats