ˈcross-line
[cross- 4, cross a. 1 b.]
1. A line drawn across another.
| c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. i. §12 Next the forseide cercle..vnder the cros-lyne. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 60 In engraving and etching we must get over the prejudices of cross lines, which exist on no natural bodies. 1804 Southey Lett. (1856) I. 253 The ceiling has all the crosslines of the trowel. |
2. Fishing. A line stretched across the river or stream, used in cross-fishing (see cross- B.).
| 1891 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/3 The Irish fishermen still use the crosslines. |
Hence ˈcross-line v., to mark with cross-lines; ˈcross-ˌlining vbl. n., (a) (see quot. 1816); (b) = cross-fishing.
| 1598 Barret Theor. Warres iv. i. 119 It were good for vs to crosselyne him what we may. Margin, The proud Spaniardes Mappa Mundi to be crossed. 1816 J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 779 A white ground and black lines, reticulated work, which is technically called cross-lining..becomes to the wood-engravers of the present day an undertaking of immense labour. 1897 19th Cent. Aug. 199 Cross-lining for trout has lately been prohibited. 1900 Daily News 16 Aug. 3/2 A large landowner, who has..succeeded in stopping cross-lining on Lough Corrib. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 4/2 A daring spirit suggested the project of cross-lining. |