Meanings
plural crosshatches · alternative cross-hatch
- A pattern of crossing lines.
present singular third person crosshatches · participle present crosshatching · participle past crosshatched · past crosshatched · alternative cross-hatch
- To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.
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.
2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
- Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
- Latincrux
- Old Irishcros
- Old Norsekross
- Old Englishcros
- Middle Englishcross
- Middle Englishcros-
- Englishcross-
- Englishhatch
- Englishcrosshatch
Translations
Bulgarian щриховам
- щриховам (štrihovam)to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Czech šrafování, šrafovat
- šrafovánípattern of crossing lines
- šrafovatto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- vyšrafovatto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Danish skravere
- skravereto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Dutch arcering, arceren
- arceringpattern of crossing lines
- arcerento mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Finnish viivoittaa, varjostaa
- viivoittaato mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- varjostaato mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
French hachure, hachurer
- hachurepattern of crossing lines
- hachurerto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
German Schraffierung, schraffieren
- Schraffierungpattern of crossing lines
- schraffierento mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Hungarian keresztvonalkázás, sraffozás
- keresztvonalkázáspattern of crossing lines
- sraffozáspattern of crossing lines
- keresztsraffozáspattern of crossing lines
- keresztvonalkázto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- keresztbe(n) vonalkázto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- sraffozto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- keresztsraffozto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Irish tras-haitseáil
- tras-haitseáilto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Italian tratteggiatura, tratteggio
- tratteggiaturapattern of crossing lines
- tratteggiopattern of crossing lines
- tratteggiareto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
- ombreggiareto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Norwegian skravere
- skravereto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Polish szrafowanie
- szrafowaniepattern of crossing lines
Russian штрихова́ть
- штрихова́ть (štrixovátʹ)to mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Spanish sombreado, sombrear
- sombreadopattern of crossing lines
- sombrearto mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern
Cite this entry
crosshatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosshatch
“crosshatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosshatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crosshatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosshatch.
Source: crosshatch on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.