any of a series of short parallel lines used, esp. in map making, to represent a sloping or elevated surface
Origin of hachure
French from Old French hacher, to chop from hache, ax from Frankish an unverified form hapja, sickle from Indo-European base an unverified form (s)kep- from source shaft, Classical Latin capo, capon, Classical Greek koptein, to choptransitive verb
-·chured′, -·chur′ing to show by, or shade with, hachures
