1. parallel lines drawn close together to show shading, shadows, or slopes on maps and drawings
Usage: cartography; technical drawing

1. to shade or mark with parallel lines drawn close together
Usage: cartography; technical drawing

Examples

• The cartographer used hachures to indicate the steep mountain slopes on the topographic map.
• Dense hachures showed the deep valley carved by the river.
• The artist learned to hachure the shadowed areas of the architectural drawing.
• Traditional maps often employed hachures before contour lines became standard.
• She carefully hachured the cliff face to show its vertical nature.
• The engraver’s hachures created realistic shadows in the illustration.