Word.ws English Dictionary

crosslet

UK/ˈkɹɒslət/

crosslet noun: a small cross with crossed arms.

Noun

crosslet (plural crosslets)

  1. A small cross with crossed arms.
    • Then Vna gan to aske, if ought he knew, / Or heard abroad of that her champion trew, / That in his armour bare a croslet red.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of crosslet

pluralcrosslets

Origin of crosslet

From Middle English crosselet, from Anglo-Norman croiselette; alternatively, cross + -let.

Words formed from crosslet

Phrases with crosslet

Questions about crosslet

What does crosslet mean?
Crosslet means a small cross with crossed arms.
What part of speech is crosslet?
Crosslet is a noun.
How do you pronounce crosslet?
Crosslet is pronounced /ˈkɹɒslət/ (UK).
What is the plural of crosslet?
The plural of crosslet is crosslets.

Words near crosslet in the dictionary

  1. Crosslands
  2. crosslegged
  3. crosslegs
  4. crossless
  5. crosslessness
  6. crosslet
  7. crossleted
  8. crosslets
  9. Crossley
  10. Crossleys
  11. crosslicense

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crosslet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “crosslet.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/crosslet. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.