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ha⋅chure

   [n. ha-shoor, hash-oor; v. ha-shoor]
noun, verb, -chured, -chur⋅ing.
–noun
1. one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
2. shading composed of such lines; hatching.
–verb (used with object)
3. Also, hatch. to indicate or shade by hachures.
Also, hatchure.

Origin:
1855–60; < F; see hatch 3 , -ure
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ha·chure     (hā-shŏŏr', hāsh'ŏŏr)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.

tr.v.   (hā-shŏŏr') ha·chured, ha·chur·ing, ha·chures
To make hatching on (a map).


[French, from Old French, from hacher, to crosshatch; see hatch3.]

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hachure

noun
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch] 

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Hachure

Hach"ure\, n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

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