Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked by transverse bars, whether of material or color; as, a cross-barred pattern; a cross-barred grating; cross-barred muslin.
- Secured by transverse bars.
- In zoology, barred crosswise, or marked by transverse bars of color; fasciate; banded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
- adjective Made or patterned in lines crossing each other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Secured by, or furnished with,
crossbars . - adjective Made or patterned in
lines crossing each other.
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Examples
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The single narrow window was crossbarred, and the door was bound with iron.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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The single narrow window was crossbarred, and the door was bound with iron.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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The single narrow window was crossbarred, and the door was bound with iron.
Gold of Kings Davis Bunn 2009
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The gates weren't so high as the wall, and they were crossbarred.
The White Order Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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It was a crossbarred pattern, with many hues cunningly interwoven.
The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992
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It was a crossbarred pattern, with many hues cunningly interwoven.
The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992
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Had on and took with him, a green broadcloth coat, almost new, a new striped jacket, with sleeves in the fashion of a sailor's, a striped crossbarred printed-cotton vest of an olive colour, buckskin breeches, and striped silk and cotton hose; BUT AS HE IS KNOWN TO HAVE
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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Batholomew chew off a Chinaman's ear in the Blue Light Saloon on account of a crossbarred muslin shirt that -- what was that noise? '
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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Her friend got up, found his wonderful crossbarred cap, after a glance, on a neighbouring chair, and with it came toward her.
The Awkward Age Henry James 1879
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While this, so far as it relates to the left portion of the glyph, is a mere suggestion, it agrees with the fact that the ornamented or crossbarred border is found in the symbol for _Cib_, and the three dots with Landa's _e_. [
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