crossways

English

Etymology 1

Noun

crossways

1. plural of crossway

Etymology 2

From cross +‎ -ways.

Adverb

crossways (not comparable)

1. transversely; crosswise
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire.