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  1. n. A form of boustrophedon in which the page is rotated by 180 degrees after writing each line, so that alternate lines are upside down relative to one another.

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  • yarb Duly tagged. Dec 15, 2011

  • hernesheir Also referred to as false boustrophedon and Schlangenschrift. Dec 15, 2011

  • vanishedone To read regular boustrophedon texts, you alternate between reading lines left-to-right and right-to-left. Reverse boustrophedon texts need to be inverted 180° after each line. Oct 21, 2007

‘reverse boustrophedon’ has been looked up 368 times, added to 3 lists, commented on 3 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.