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ha·chure (ha s̸ho̵or′, has̸h′yo̵or′, has̸h′o̵or′; for v. ha s̸ho̵or′)

noun

any of a series of short parallel lines used, esp. in map making, to represent a sloping or elevated surface

Etymology: Fr < OFr hacher, to chop < hache, ax < Frank *hapja, sickle < IE base *(s)kep- > shaft, L capo, capon, Gr koptein, to chop

transitive verb hachured -·chured′, hachuring -·chur′·ing

to show by, or shade with, hachures

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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