ˈcross-ˈhanded, a.
[cross- 11.]
Having the hands crossed; commonly used advb.
| 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 165 The merchant fishermen..passed the objects of traffic, as it were, cross-handed. 1882 Century Mag. XXIV. 708/1 The gaunt women..[are] rowing ‘cross-handed’. |