boxwise

adv

boxwise

adv

Etymology From box + -wise.

1

In the form of a box.

  • ...lying on his side enclosed by stones that had been placed boxwise round him, and surrounded by his burial-offerings of jugs and bowls.1958, Lady Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Walls of Jericho:
  • First, it should appear to be a part of the site and not a foreign element set up boxwise on edge to the utter humiliation of every natural thing in sight.1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931

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