VERB + CROSSWISE
board, hands, horse, line, placed, putting, stopped
CROSSWISE + NOUN
chest, himself, middle, space
PREP.
between, in, on, on
adj
crossing; lying across
adv
transversely; so as to lie across
Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.
adverb — transversely
This line is crosswise.
A truck stopped crosswise in the middle of the road.
He placed the board crosswise on top of the two sawhorses.
The wind blew the branches of the tree crosswise, making it sway.
She arranged the books on the shelf crosswise to save space.