quadrillage

noun

qua·​dril·​lage

kwäˈdrilij

plural -s

: a system of quadrille reference lines on a map

overprinted a network of even kilometer squares upon their maps, in which quadrillage each line was numbered from a zero point in the southwest of the war zone

—Erwin Raisz

Word History

Etymology

French, from quadrille lozenge, small square + -age

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