crisscross

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cross an area repeatedly in different directions, or to form a pattern of intersecting lines

   Footpaths crisscross the hills above the village.

2. 2
   adj

   forming or marked by a pattern of crossing lines

   A crisscross lattice supported the climbing roses.

3. 3
   noun

   a pattern or arrangement of intersecting lines

   The map showed a crisscross of old irrigation channels.

4. 4
   adv

   in a pattern that repeatedly crosses from side to side

   The cords were tied crisscross over the lid.

From earlier criss-cross, an alteration of Christ-cross. The expression referred to the cross mark formerly printed in hornbooks and used as a written sign; it later came to mean any crossing pattern or movement back and forth.

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