Definition of Cross country

1. Noun. A long race run over open country.

Generic synonyms: Race
Specialized synonyms: Iditarod, Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race

Definition of Cross country

1. Noun. A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc. where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5 - 10K races. Abbreviated XC. ¹

2. Noun. A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross Country

cross border
cross bore
cross bun
cross cap
cross caps
cross channel
cross channels
cross check
cross checked
cross checking
cross checks
cross circulation
cross compiler
cross compilers
cross contamination
cross country
cross country skiing
cross cover versions
cross crosslet
cross dressing
cross examination
cross examinations
cross examine
cross examined
cross examines
cross examining
cross flap
cross flory
cross hair

Literary usage of Cross country

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

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The cross country Mill: While these improvements were being made in the looping mill, ... It is known as the cross-country mill, and is intended for rolling ..."

2. Science, Technology and Industry Outlook: Drivers of Growth : Information by OECD (2001)
"Cross-country comparisons Whatever ... measure of entrepreneurship used, cross-country comparisons of the relationship to growth remain problematic. ..."

3. Learning to Fly in the U. S. Army: A Manual of Aviation Practice by Elisha Noel Fales (1917)
"In cross-country flying, then, your chief anxiety will be to arrive at your ... The first cross-country flight you make may be a short, easy one, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"The dress suitable for cross-country running is a pair of twill ... Training for the cross-country championships has now been reduced to a science ; and the ..."

5. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"Cross-Country Flights A good way to cover the distances to the corners of Costa Rica is by air. To spend a weekend in Quepos or Tortuguero, for example, ..."

6. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1920)
"CHAPTER II CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING AND LANDING FIELDS THE comprehensive aircraft program which the United States Government was compelled to adopt in 1017 to ..."

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