crosswise
adverb
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L188348 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L335733 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.
- crossing; lying across
adv
Etymology: From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.
- transversely; so as to lie across
“Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.”