'Boustrophedon' definitions:
Definition of 'boustrophedon'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
Definition of 'Boustrophedon'
From: GCIDE
- Boustrophedon \Bou`stro*phe"don\, n. [Gr. ? turning like oxen in plowing; ? to turn.] An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite. [1913 Webster]