cruciform

• Under the tarpaulin was an unmistakable shape, cruciform, bumpy, with the hilt tailing out into the long blade. —  Light Thickens - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 33: 1982
• A cruciform-shaped spar extends the full length of the experiment canister, dividing it into four parts. —  skylab
• To confuse Allied navigators, the Luftwaffe constructed cruciform-shaped floats and placed them in rows across lakes on the western approaches to the capital. —  Flak - German Anti-aircraft Defenses 1914-1945
• Now he could see what the pilots saw from the cockpit: a cruciform-shaped station, each arm comprised of five cylindrical modules, with two spherical spacedocks located at opposite ends of its elongated central core. —  chronospace
• The reality of salvation is definitively settled, but history continues to be cruciform, a way of the cross for pilgrims headed home. —  The Corner

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