crisscross

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

As she looked her frown deepened and the hundred little weather wrinkles in the tight-drawn smoke-darkened skin showed thin and plain, like the crisscross cracks in old leather. — The Promise: A Tale of the Great Northwest, James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The second head wound measured approximately 5 inches (13 centimeters) in its greatest diameter, but it was difficult to measure accurately because multiple crisscross fractures radiated from the large defect. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
So we sloshed along, scratching our legs with the brambles, and the water squelched in our boots, and Alice’s blue muslin frock was torn all over in those crisscross tears which are considered so hard to darn. — The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers, E. (Edith) Nesbit

cross, mark

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