cater-corner
At a diagonal to anotherAt a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, not comparable)At a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.
The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Department store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altman's at the northeast.
(UK, dialectal, not comparable, obsolete)Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.
Origin
Presumably a clipped form of cater-cornered, from cater + cornered, q.v., although catty-cPresumably a clipped form of cater-cornered, from cater + cornered, q.v., although catty-cornered is attested earlier (1838).
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