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

We had gathered on a spring morning in the shadow of the cross of Lorraine that stands in the small cemetery of the French soldiers who died in the desert war against Nazism.

From Newsweek

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 Project Gutenberg