cross-country

[kraws-kuhn-tree, kros-, kraws-kuhn-tree, -kuhn-, kros-]

adjective

1. directed or proceeding over fields, through woods, etc., rather than on a road or path.

   a cross-country race.

2. from one end of the country to the other.

   a cross-country flight.

noun

plural

cross-countries 

1. a cross-country sport or race.

cross-country

adjective

1. by way of fields, woods, etc, as opposed to roads

   cross-country running

2. across a country

   a cross-country railway

noun

1. a long race held over open ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-country¹

First recorded in 1760–70