crossline

[ kraws-lahyn, kros- ]

noun

1. a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points:

   The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.

2. Journalism. a headline or bank consisting of a single line running across a column of type, usually centered and sometimes full width.

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of crossline¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See cross-, line ¹

Example Sentences

Now, would you crossline that, so we know it is the parking lot?

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To the eye of the stranger such places as Seymour and Crossline are desolate and dreary.

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There is an apparent crossline running darkly through that photograph.

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