noun (n)

• the production of young from an egg(noun.process)

  Synonym:
  hatch
  

  source: wordnet30
• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  crosshatch, hachure, hatch
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913