cross-string

[ kraws-string, kros- ]

verb (used with object)

, cross-strung; cross-strung or (Rare) cross-stringed; cross-string·ing.

1. overstring.

Example Sentences

In the Adagio especially, she expanded freely on Vivaldi’s slow-moving, introspective melody and adorned phrase endings with cross-string trills, which, unlike the easier and more common single variety, have the clarity and definition of a keyboard trill.

From New York Times