• ha-SHUR • verb
: to shade with or show by short lines used for shading and denoting surfaces in relief (as in map drawing) and drawn in the direction of slope
: a haşura, a acoperi cu haşuri o porţiune dintr-un desen, dintr-o hartă etc.
Example sentence:
In the early years of the survey, hachuring was used to indicate the steepness of slopes on maps, whereas in later years, the more abbreviated and legible contour line was employed.
Când cercetările abia au apărut, haşurarea era folosită pentru a indica inclinaţiile pantelor pe hărţi, în timp ce în anii următori, uau început să fie folosite liniile de contur mai mult sau mai puţin accentuate.
(Robin E. Kelsey, The Art Bulletin, December 1, 2003)
As our example sentence indicates, hachuring is an old map drawing technique that was replaced in later years by the use of , or lines that connect points of similar elevation. The word hachure, which can also be a noun referring to one of the short lines used in hachuring, comes from the French hacher, meaning to chop up or hash. This French word is also the source of the verbs hash, which can mean to chop (as meat and potatoes) into small pieces, among other meanings, and hatch, meaning to inlay with narrow bands of distinguishable material and to mark (as a drawing or engraving) with fine closely spaced lines.
