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Noun: crosshairs
  1. A centre of interest
    "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
Noun: cross hair  krós hehr
  1. Either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
    "he had the target in his cross hairs"
    - cross wire

Type of: center [US], center of attention [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], centre of attention [Brit, Cdn], line

Part of: graticule, reticle, reticule

Encyclopedia: Cross hair

Crosshairs