cross of Lorraine

American  

noun

1. a cross having two crosspieces, the upper shorter than the lower.

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cross of Lorraine British  

noun

1. a cross with two horizontal bars above and below the midpoint of the vertical bar, the lower longer than the upper

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Etymology

Origin of cross of Lorraine

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

To make clear his loyalty, he painted a huge cross of Lorraine on his personal aircraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

A National Memorial Committee is building a $ 1,000,000, 134-foot-high marble cross of Lorraine at Colombey that will be visible for 20 miles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each day five to seven trains, flying the medieval cross of Lorraine, carried some 6,000 Lorrainers to Lyon, thence south to the Midi.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Is the cross of Lorraine there?" asked M. Nicole.

From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice

But he no longer wore on his hat the white cross of Lorraine, and the Vicomte de Berquin's apparel was no longer gay and spotless.

From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson