Geneva cross

American  

noun

1. a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.

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Etymology

Origin of Geneva cross

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

When the priming coat had thoroughly dried on each panel, the painter carefully stencilled a black Geneva cross over the priming coat with lampblack in oil.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

The Geneva cross belongs to Switzerland but is not really a watermark, as it is impressed in the paper after the stamps are printed.

From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.

Meanwhile men with the white brassard and the red Geneva cross were busy out in the open, lending succor to the Russian wounded.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

On one end was painted the Geneva cross.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)