"cross-light" meaning in All languages combined

See cross-light on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cross-lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-light (plural cross-lights)
  1. A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights. Holonyms: double acrostic, triple acrostic
    Sense id: en-cross-light-en-noun-PT-kvyTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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