crossline

[kraws-lahyn, kros-]

noun

a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
Journalism. a headline or bank consisting of a single line running across a column of type, usually centered and sometimes full width.

adjective

of or relating to the offspring produced by crossbreeding two linebred individuals.

Origin of crossline

1350–1400; Middle English. See cross-, line¹

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Examples from the Web for crossline

Historical Examples of crossline

Now, would you crossline that, so we know it is the parking lot?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
To the eye of the stranger such places as Seymour and Crossline are desolate and dreary.
North America, Volume II (of 2)
Anthony Trollope