Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cross-stitch \Cross"-stitch`\ (-st?ch`; 224), n.
   A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in
   pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
   ``Tent and cross-stitch.'' --Sir W. Scott. --
   {Cross"-stitch`}, v. t. & i.

Cross-stitch \Cross"-stitch`\ (-st?ch`; 224), n.
   A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in
   pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
   ``Tent and cross-stitch.'' --Sir W. Scott. --
   {Cross"-stitch`}, v. t. & i.

Source : WordNet®

cross-stitch
     n 1: two stitches forming a cross or X
     2: embroidery done in cross-stitch