crossunder

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cross +‎ under

Noun[edit]

crossunder (plural crossunders)

  1. A place where one thing crosses under another.
    • 1998, Scott D. Quigley, Papermakers forming fabric with weft dominated paper support surface[1], US Patent US5988229 A:
      The crossovers and crossunders of the warp yarns form diagonal twill lines across both the support and the contact surfaces
    • 2011 July 26, “Major Milestone for the Panama Canal Expansion, Permanent Concrete Work Begins”, in The Maritime Executive[2]:
      The pits [] will include a series of steps and an elevator that will enable access to the crossunder
    • 2013, Jim Williams, Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities[3], →ISBN, page 258:
      [] every crossunder included in the final layout was scrupulously analyzed for any possible impact []