Crosswise [adjective]

It was going directly toward the farmhouse, standing in the current, while the little boat was cutting it crosswise.

Panels may be woven either length-wise (step 8), crosswise (step 8), diagonally across the mat (step 4), or in zigzags (step 3).

As regards the winds from the north and south, they strike the rocks crosswise, and cause little surf in the passage.

The grain of the outside veneer runs lengthwise, while that of the inside piece runs crosswise.

In the meantime I had found a long stake, which I hung crosswise round his neck, and let him go loose with this ornament.

Then he scrambled upon a small branch, where he perched crosswise.

The windows were narrow strips of pine laid crosswise over each other, and covered with paper.

The front wheels of the car were turned around crosswise of the track, tearing up the planks, rails and earth.

Matting should be swept with especial care for cracks and edges, and crosswise of the breadths as far as possible.

Across the opposite end of this polarized magnet, crosswise to it, and very close, there is placed a diaphragm of thin sheet iron.