quadriller
French → English
(security) To patrol systematically: to divide an area into squares and search or monitor it thoroughly
La police a dû quadriller tout le quartier pour retrouver le fugitif.
(English) The police had to block off and patrol the entire neighborhood to find the fugitive.
Les hélicoptères commençaient à quadriller la forêt à la recherche des randonneurs perdus.
(English) The helicopters began to systematically search the forest for the lost hikers.
(art/design) To draw a grid: to mark a surface with a pattern of crossing lines forming squares
L'artiste doit quadriller sa toile avant de commencer à reporter les proportions du modèle.
(English) The artist must grid their canvas before starting to transfer the model's proportions.
Il s'amuse à quadriller sa feuille de papier pendant qu'il téléphone.
(English) He is amusing himself by drawing a grid on his sheet of paper while on the phone.
Entry ID: fr:en:quadriller · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary