cross write

To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

Verb

  1. To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

Forms

cross writes cross writing cross wrote cross written cross-write

Related

crossed letter cross-writing