Meanings
crossways1
noun
- pluralplural of crossway
crossways2
adverbcrossways (not comparable)
- not comparabletransversely; crosswise
I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Crossways3
proper noun
- A place in Britain:
- A village and civil parish between Dorchester and Wool, Dorset (OS grid ref SY7688).
- A hamlet in Thornbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS red ref ST6590).
- A hamlet in Crucorney community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref SO3220; not to be confused with Crossway in the same county).
- A neighbourhood at a crossroads in Churt parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8538).
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
- Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
- Latincrux
- Old Irishcros
- Old Norsekross
- Old Englishcros
- Middle Englishcross
- Englishcross
- Englishcrossways
Cite this entry
APA
crossways. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossways
MLA
“crossways.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossways. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossways,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossways.
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