cross index

¹

noun

1. a note or group of notes referring the reader to material elsewhere.

cross-index

²

[kraws-in-deks, kros-]

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.

verb (used without object)

1. to refer by a note or indication of location to related material, as in an index, book, or article; contain cross references.

   Footnotes cross-index to the appendix and bibliography.

cross-index

noun

1. a note or notes referring the reader to other material

verb

1. (intr) (of a note in a book) to refer to related material

2. to provide or be provided with cross-indexes

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-index¹

First recorded in 1890–95