crosshatching

crosshatching
Hatching Hatch"ing, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also {crosshatching}. [1913 Webster]

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