hachure

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  1. noun One of the short lines used on maps to shade or to indicate slopes and their degree and direction.
  2. transitive verb To make hatching on (a map).

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  1. French, from Old French, from hacher, to crosshatch; see hatch3.

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  1. French, from hacher, hack: see hack, hash, hatch.
  2. from hachure, n.
 

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/ hæˈʃjur/
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