poché

/pɔˈʃe(ɪ)/

noun

Areas of an architectural plan or section that are filled in, often by cross-hatching or solid black, to show wall thicknesses, floor thicknesses and all other solid areas that intersect the plane of the section cut.

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Meanings

nounpoché (countable and uncountable, plural pochés)

plural pochés

  1. countableuncountablearchitectureAreas of an architectural plan or section that are filled in, often by cross-hatching or solid black, to show wall thicknesses, floor thicknesses and all other solid areas that intersect the plane of the section cut.
verbpoché (third-person singular simple present pochés, present participle pochéing, simple past and past participle pochéed or pochéd)

present singular third person pochés · participle present pochéing · participle past pochéed · past pochéed · participle past pochéd · past pochéd

  1. transitivearchitectureTo fill (areas of an architectural plan or section) in this manner.

Origin

  1. Frenchpoché
  2. Frenchpoché
  3. Englishpoché

Borrowed from French poché.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with poché

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APA

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Chicago

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