hachure noun & verb. [ha'ʃjʊǝ] M19.
[French, from hacher HATCH verb²: see -URE.]
Cartography.
A. noun. Any of a number of short lines of shading on a map running in the direction of a slope and indicating steepness by their closeness and thickness. Also hachure line. Usu. in pl. M19.
b. verb trans. Shade (a map) with hachures. M19.

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