Noun
(gymnastics) A position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
(sports, moguls freestyle skiing) an acrobatic maneuver where the skier remains upright, but the lower leg bends back at the knee 90 degrees, and the ankles twist 45 degrees, so that the back of the skis form a right-angle cross
A house plant, Oxalis tetraphylla.
Alternative letter-case form of Iron Cross, a cross pattée used as a German military decoration.
Iron Cross (plural Iron Crosses)
(military) (formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.
After a debriefing by von Gröning, Chapman was awarded the Iron Cross for his work in apparently damaging the de Havilland works and the City of Lancaster, making him the first Englishman to receive such an award since the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. Source: Internet
Honours As Arabel, Pujol was, on 29 July 1944, awarded the Iron Cross Second Class for his services to the German war effort. Source: Internet
For example, in 1957 the West German government re-issued World War II Iron Cross medals, among other decorations, without the swastika in the center. Source: Internet
In 1918 he was again awarded the Iron Cross for gallantry in action. Source: Internet
He was awarded the Iron Cross twice. Source: Internet
His brother, Gebhard, served on the western front and saw combat, receiving the Iron Cross and eventually being promoted to lieutenant. Source: Internet