(heraldry) Having a cross placed on it, or (with respect to the arms of a cross) having a bar placed crosswise over (an existing bar) so as to form a cross.
1871, Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society,The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society, page220:
In certain popular heraldic works the crest assigned to the surname "Archer," in Ireland, is "a mound azure banded andcrossed or," whereas there is no instance of the Archers of Kilkenny - probably the earliest of the name[…]
1874, John Woody Papworth,An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page1095:
Quarterly gu. and az. a royal orb arg. banded andcrossed or. Sweden; granted 1751. Gilbert UNIVERSAL, Bishop of London 1128-34.
1897, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford,The Blazon of Episcopacy: Being the Arms Borne by Or Attributed to the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales with an Ordinary of the Coats Described and of Other Episcopal Arms, page217:
Gules, a cross potentcrossed or. CHADERTON, Chester 1579; Lincoln 1595.
