market cross

1. 1.

   a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted

   Broadermonument

Questions about market cross

What does market cross mean?

market cross means "a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted".

Is market cross a common word?

market cross is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.