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/krɔs-kˈəntri/ Listen

noun

cross-country n. A race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.

Synonyms: cross country.

adjective

cross-country adj.

From one side of a country to the other; as, a cross-country railway.

Moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads; as, a cross-country race. Opposite of road.

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Etymology of 'Cross-country'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cross-country" Quotes from Famous Books

... do you suppose those six horses were worth?" questioned Phil, as the two youths hurried along the back trail on a dog-trot,—the same dog-trot they used when on a cross-country run at Oak Hall. ...

— Dave Porter at Star Ranch - Or, The Cowboy's Secret • Edward Stratemeyer

... the line from right to left there ran the cross-country road connecting the broader highway, from Malate to San Rafael and Paranaque on the west, and from West Paco by way of Singalon to Pasay. In front of the right wing all was swamp, morass or rice fields. In front of the left wing all was close, dense bamboo ...

— Found in the Philippines - The Story of a Woman's Letters • Charles King

... him better to be young; and if I could hear of the rise of some great and gracious personality, full of fire and genius, I would make my way to his presence, even though it involved a number of cross-country journeys and solitary evenings in country inns, to lay my wreath at his feet and to ...

— The Silent Isle • Arthur Christopher Benson

... down at him with hard eyes. "We are going to ride cross-country—to the Ridge. You might meet us there, if ...

— Mistress Anne • Temple Bailey

... cosy little room, with a window opening onto the park, already beginning to turn yellow with the advancing autumn. A wood fire burned in the fireplace and lighted up the walls which were hung with flowered cretonne and on which could be distinguished several colored English prints representing cross-country rides and the jumping of hedges. Here was the worldly environment with which Fauchery is so often reproached. But the books and papers that littered the table bore witness that the present occupant of this charming retreat remained a substantial man of letters. ...

— International Short Stories: French • Various

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