christcross

plural christcrosses · alternative Christcross · alternative christ-cross

1. archaicThe figure of a cross formerly placed before the alphabet in hornbooks.

   Near-synonym: Christcross-row

   Synonyms: Christcross-row

2. broadlyA crisscross symbol.

   Navy's white headstone, christcross in black.

   2000, Unattributed, Ravishing disunities : real ghazals in English, page 121

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   Movement of the edge dislocation from the blue to the red dashed lines. Spins of blue open circles and christcrosses change into red ones. Circle: up spin, christcross: down spin, and line: charge stripe.

   2013, S. Sugai, Y. Takayanagi, N. Hayamizu, T. Muroi, R. Shiozaki, J. Nohara, K. Takenaka, K. Okazaki, Superconducting pairing and the pseudogap in nematic striped La2-xSrxCuO4, page 16

3. A cross used as a signature mark by someone unable to write.

plural Christcrosses

1. Alternative letter-case form of christcross.