cross-lotsadv.

Forms: Also cross-lot, cross lots.

Etymology: See cross prep. and lot n. 10.

U.S.

By a short cut. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > short cut

cross-lots1825

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adverb] > by the quickest or shortest way

at (the) gainestc1400

lot1633

next ways1789

cross-lots1825

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 138 They could push on, a pooty, tedious, clever bit furder, cross lots—they could.

1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) I. xiv. 139 They come..by numerous foot-paths, cross-lots [ed. 1845, xiv. 103 across the lots], and through the woods.

1874 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxi. 154 The cross-lots path she traversed to the Seminary.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xx. 241 After three hours of awful crosslot riding he had overhauled his game.

1922 A. Brown Old Crow 469 They might even go over to Mountain Brook by the path ‘ 'cross lots’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	cross-lots
释义	cross-lotsadv. Forms: Also cross-lot, cross lots. Etymology: See cross prep. and lot n. 10. U.S. By a short cut. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adjective] > short cut cross-lots1825 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adverb] > by the quickest or shortest way at (the) gainestc1400 lot1633 next ways1789 cross-lots1825 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 138 They could push on, a pooty, tedious, clever bit furder, cross lots—they could. 1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) I. xiv. 139 They come..by numerous foot-paths, cross-lots [ed. 1845, xiv. 103 across the lots], and through the woods. 1874 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxi. 154 The cross-lots path she traversed to the Seminary. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xx. 241 After three hours of awful crosslot riding he had overhauled his game. 1922 A. Brown Old Crow 469 They might even go over to Mountain Brook by the path ‘ 'cross lots’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1825
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