Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
two stitches forming a cross or X;
2.
embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cross-stitch \Cross"-stitch`\ (-st?ch`; 224), n.
1. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in
pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the
other. "Tent and cross-stitch." --Sir W. Scott. --
Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.
[1913 Webster]
2. embroidery done in cross-stitch.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cross-stitch
n 1: two stitches forming a cross or X
2: embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other