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ˈcross-street [cross- 4, cross a. 1 b.] 1. A street crossing another, or running across between two main streets; a street at right angles to a main street.
1827O. W. Roberts Centr. Amer. 234 The principal streets are terminated by views of the hills..The cross streets are narrower. 1861P. B. Du Chaillu Equat. Afr. ii. 8 There are a few short cross-streets. †2. The place where two streets cross. Obs. (Cf. cross-road 2.)
1825T. Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 89 Keeping great fires at all the cross-streets. |