crossband

Meanings

1. A band going across something, especially:
2. A layer of plywood with its grain at a right angle to the wood next to it.
3. A band or stripe perpendicular to the body of an animal.
4. A strip (of leather, metal, or some other material) going across a helmet or hat, or a helmet made with such a strip.

1. To arrange the layers of plywood so as to make their grains cross at right angles.

1. Receiving on one frequency band and transmitting on another.
2. Left-handed or "S shaped", with individual fibers oriented down and to the right when the thread, yarn, or rope is vertical.

Etymology

From cross- + band.