breadthways
adverb
in the direction of the breadth.
breadthwise
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a variation of
breadthways.
Example Sentences
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All the steps I am going to take, as I dance lengthwise and breadthwise in thy cabbin, are to prove to thee the gaiety of my heart, and my gratitude.
From An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton by Antoine Simon Maillard
The two figures between them support a large piece of cloth, folded once lengthwise, and twice breadthwise.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
Up and down, crosswise and breadthwise, the flowers were tossed and flung, while their petals rained down the cliff's face in a purple storm.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Serve the thick part, cutting it lengthwise in slices in the direction of the line from 1 to 2, and the thin part breadthwise, or in the direction from 5 to 6.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
The carriages are like broad coaches; two seats ran breadthwise across them, with a large door at each side.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer
