Definition of "boustrophedon" []

• An ancient method of writing in which the lines are inscribed alternately from right to left and from left to right. (noun)

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• "[or rather, down, up, down: the form of writing known as boustrophedon, that is, the way an ox turns in a furrow]."
• "This winding path is yet again an otherworldly symbolism and is related to the reason why ancient inscriptions in Etruria and in the Aegean area were sometimes written in a boustrophedon or spiral pattern."
• "There's also the matter of the winding boustrophedon path of the pawns along the three rows of the board at least, according to Timothy Kendall's rules."