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▪ I. ‖ hachure, n.|aʃyr, hæˈʃʊə(r)|
[a. mod.F. hachure hatching, f. hacher: see hatch v. and -ure.]
In Cartography, (plur.): The lines used in hill-shading to indicate the more or less steep slope of the surface. Also attrib. as in hachure lines.
1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 173 The scale of shade is made to express the degree of slope by the strength of the hachure lines. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 12 If the ground is steep, the lines, or hachures, are drawn thick and close together, so that the hilly spots become dark. 1887J. T. Walker in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 709/2 There are two rival methods of hill-shading—one by horizontal contours, the other by vertical hachures.
▪ II. haˈchure, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To shade (a map) with hachures to represent the elevations. Hence haˈchured ppl. a.; haˈchuring vbl. n.
1864in Webster. 1885Athenæum 23 May 655/2 The Hill features..are printed in a separate colour..making the Map much more picturesque than the usual black hachuring permits. 1894Lit. World 3 Aug. 76 How vividly hachured maps may bring out the important physical features of accidented ground. |