Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ornamental straps which cross one another at the end of the body of a carriage, the upper ends being secured to the body and the lower to the pump-handles.
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Examples
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The cross-straps of her sandals were wound high around her shapely calves.
Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001
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They march around, like mechanical men, and they all have leather cross-straps, camera on the left, light meter on the right.
The Japanese Corpse Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1977
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And all the time, apparently indifferent and distrait, she was studying every detail of this man; his lean features, his lean limbs, his thin, muscular hands, his uniform, the slim, light sabre which he balanced with both hands across his angular knees; the spurred boots, well groomed and well fitted; the polished cross-straps supporting field glasses and holster.
Special Messenger 1899
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* A student nurse’s cloak with the cross-straps across the front
(chuckle) I’ve been tagged (also: new challenge grant) | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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