Dictionary

cross-writing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, qualifier:postal, uncountable) A 19th-century technique for saving paper and postage by writing a letter in one direction, then turning the page ninety degrees and writing perpendicularly across the first set of text, creating two layers of text; a practical solution to expensive postal rates, especially before modern postal reforms, allowing more information to fit on a single sheet.

Forms

cross-writing en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cross-write
   form of cross-write

Relateds

cross write · crossed letter