[n. ha-shoo
r, hash-oor; v. ha-shoor] 
noun, verb, -chured, -chur⋅ing.| 1. | one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief. |
| 2. | shading composed of such lines; hatching. |
| 3. | Also, hatch. to indicate or shade by hachures. |
| ha·chure (hā-shŏŏr', hāsh'ŏŏr) 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.] |