noun
( -s )
1. : the act or action of crossing: as
a. archaic : the making of the sign of the cross
b. : a traversing or going across
a channel crossing
a crossing made without incident
the troops effected a crossing under fire
c.
(1) : a drawing of lines across especially in canceling — often used with out or off
a letter full of misspellings and crossings out
(2) Britain : the crossing of a check
fraudulent crossings
d. : an opposing, blocking, or thwarting especially in an unfair or dishonest manner
a jockey fined for crossing and bumping
e. : interbreeding, hybridizing, cross-pollinating
2. : a place or structure that crosses or is crossed: as
a.
(1) : a place or structure (as on a street or over a river) on which pedestrians or vehicles cross
the right to build additional Hudson river crossings — New York Times
especially : crosswalk
(2) : intersection
at the crossing of Main street and State
b. : the place in a church where the transept crosses the nave
c.
(1) : the point at which a railroad track crosses another track or a highway at grade
(2) : a structure consisting of four connected frogs used where two railroad tracks intersect at grade to permit traffic to move along either track