cross-post

or cross·post

[ kraws-pohstkros‑ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

to post (the same message) to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time.

a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time:
Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.

First recorded in 1990–95

And before she had written many lines the Cross-post boy sent up word that he could wait no longer.

Then there was the very ancient game of the quintain, which consisted of an upright post with a cross-post turning upon a pin.

Towns adjacent to Bristol and Exeter, which might have been connected with the cross post, remained separated.

There had always been trouble in collecting the rates on bye and cross post letters.

In the seventeenth century the receipts from bye and cross post letters amounted to very little.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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