Definition of "cross-town" [cross-town]

• That runs across the town: as, a cross-town line of street-cars; a cross-town car.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Like cross-town rivals BNP Paribas SA and Société Générale SA, Crédit Agricole reduced its exposure to government bonds in troubled euro-zone countries in recent months."
• "Mr. Kelly's missive to 38,000 employees warned that if cross-town rival American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy-court protection, it will have substantially lower costs than before and will join the other remade "legacy" carriers that are giving Southwest a run for its money in ways they never did before."
• "Noticing the blue-and-orange T-shirts as well as black or pinstriped replica jerseys of our cross-town rivals, the New York Metropolitans, all I could do was smile."