crossback

Meanings

Noun

• Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X".
• An "X"-shaped railroad crossing sign.
• A Catholic.
• A step in which one leg crosses behind the other.
• A play in which the player with the ball crosses to one side of the field and then doubles back to the other.
• The measurement from the outer edge of one shoulder blade to the outer edge of the other.
• A hairpin bend.
• A cross-course.
• A return to the original course of action by one who previously changed to a different course of action, or the person making that return.
• A cross between a hybrid species and one of the original parent species.
• The species resulting from a crossback.

Verb

• To cross a hybrid species with one of the original parent species.

Origin

• cross + back