The Collaborative International Dictionary
Breadthwise
Breadthwise \Breadth"wise\ (br[e^]dth"w[-i]z), ads. In the direction of the breadth.
Wiktionary
breadthwise
a. directed across the breadth of an object or place. adv. Across the breadth of an object or place.
WordNet
breadthwise
adv. in the direction of the breadth; "cut the cloth breadthwise" [syn: breadthways, broadwise]
Usage examples of "breadthwise".
He replaced her again breadthwise on the couch, unable to sit up, with her thighs open, between which I could observe a kind of white liquid, like froth, hanging about the outward lips of that recently opened wound, which now glowed with a deeper red.