■ noun a pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths.
■ adjective (of a pattern) containing a number of intersecting straight lines or paths.
■ verb
1》 form a ~ pattern on (a place).
2》 move or travel around (a place) by going back and forth repeatedly.
Origin
C17 (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross , later treated as a reduplication of cross .