The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CROSSBARRING
Etymology
Noun
crossbarring (uncountable)
A pattern of lines crossing each other.
Source: Wiktionary
CROSSBAR
Cross"bar` (-br`), n.
Definition: A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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