Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of crosshair English) 2 A set of two perpendicular lines in the sight of a firearm, used to align the gun with the target.
WordNet
n. a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
Wikipedia
Crosshairs is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers franchise.
Usage examples of "crosshairs".
Now flowing under the crosshairs were clouds alternating with green forest, leaden roads.
Under the X of the crosshairs was the sea, but at the lead edge of the sight was land.
It slid right under the crosshairs, a tiny T right in a gap in the clouds.
January's plan made it necessary to hold to his story: "& and when the AP was under the crosshairs I pushed down the switch, but got no signal.
January's plan made it necessary to hold to his story: "… and when the AP was under the crosshairs I pushed down the switch, but got no signal.
It slid right under the crosshairs, a tiny T right in a gap of clouds.
The scope showed crosshairs, and upper and lower stadia on the vertical line.
Turning the adjusting knob so that they rested on the head and belt of a man moved a cam to zero the crosshairs for that range.
The crosshairs leveled on a face—it had to be a head shot, to make sure the man didn't have enough time to fire.
He centered the sights over the lead rider of the five pursuers, putting the crosshairs on the man's face.
As the body arced backward, thrown by the force of the round, Ryan settled the crosshairs on another target.
Two of the gunners were going down when Ryan dropped the crosshairs on the third.
And behind them, Rourke settled the crosshairs on the awkwardly moving man, was a fourth figure.
He settled the crosshairs on the officer who only a second earlier had stood beside the now-dead Russian soldier.
He shifted the scope slightly and framed the crosshairs on Karamatsov's head.