cross write

English

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Alternative forms

• cross-write

Verb

cross write (third-person singular simple present cross writes, present participle cross writing, simple past cross wrote, past participle cross written)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and the overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

Related terms

• crossed letter
• cross-writing

References

• The Stamp of Australia. Kelly Burke. 2009.