Definition of Crossheading

1. Noun. A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text.

Exact synonyms: Crosshead
Generic synonyms: Head, Header, Heading

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossheading

crossgrade
crossgraded
crossgrades
crossgrading
crossgrained
crossguard
crossguards
crosshair
crosshairs
crosshatch
crosshatched
crosshatches
crosshatching
crosshatchings
crosshead
crossheading (current term)
crossheads
crossing
crossing guard
crossing guards
crossing number
crossing one's fingers
crossing over
crossing swords
crossing the aisle
crossing the floor
crossing the line
crossings
crossish
crossjack

Literary usage of Crossheading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Coal Mining Described and Illustrated by Thomas H. Walton (1885)
"Section of a Breast of Coal in the Mammoth Vein, together with Breast-room, Excavation, crossheading through Pillar, Starter's Battery, running Schute, ..."

2. Labor Laws of the United States, with Decisions of Courts Relating Thereto by United States Bureau of Labor (1904)
"... also at or near the face of each gangway, and at the nearest crossheading to the face of the inside and outside chamber, breast or pillar where men are ..."

3. Biennial Report by Wisconsin Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics (1912)
"... and at the nearest crossheading to the face of the inside and outside chamber, breast or pillar where men are employed: Provided, That no heading shall ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1907)
"2 crossheading, where there is 3 feet 9 inches of solid coal. The analysis is given with others on page 74. ..."

5. Contributions to Economic Geology, 1906 by Edwin Clarence Eckel, Marius Robinson Campbell, Geological Survey (U.S., Samuel Franklin Emmons (1907)
"2 crossheading, where there is 3 feet 9 inches of solid coal. The analysis is given with others on page 74. ..."

6. ... Stories of Country Life by Sarah Powers Bradish (1901)
"This is a new crossheading. All these passages are made in the coal; and on each side of the shaft are left two bodies of coal about thirty feet wide and ..."

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