breadthways
adverb
in the direction of the breadth.
breadthwise
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a variation of
breadthways.
Example Sentences
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STRANGER: As thus: A piece of carded wool which is drawn out lengthwise and breadthwise is said to be pulled out.
From Statesman by Plato
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 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
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
Twelve additional pieces are formed by cutting six of these parallelopipeds or units of measure in halves breadthwise, giving blocks with two square and four oblong faces.
From Froebel's Gifts by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
