cater-cornered

2 definitions found

cater-cornered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cater-cornered \Ca"ter-cor`nered\, a. [Cf. Cater to cut
     diagonally.]
     Diagonal. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

cater-cornered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cater-cornered
      adj 1: slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in
             a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" [syn:
             catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-  cornered
             , catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-  corner
             , kitty-cornered]