hachure

From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hæʃˈjʊə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hæˈʃʊɹ/

hachure (plural hachures)

1. (cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.

• Unlike contour lines, hachures are drawn in the direction of the slope and their thickness and closeness is used to represent the relief with shading. They are no longer used on most modern maps.

hachure (third-person singular simple present hachures, present participle hachuring, simple past and past participle hachured)

1. To mark a map with hachures.

hacher +‎ -ure

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.ʃyʁ/
• Rhymes: -yʁ

hachure f (plural hachures)

1. A crosshatching line.
2. (cartography) A mapping hachure or the technique itself.
3. (rare) Something minced.

• hachurer

• “hachure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).