D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hatching

· Hatch·ing · IPA /ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/
01 n. A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more…
  1. 1.
    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. Also: crosshatching