A tool or instrument for crossing or making X-shaped marks; something that creates a decussation pattern.
From Latin decussorium (neuter noun form), derived from decussare (to cross in X form) with the -orium suffix indicating a tool or place. A classical Latin term.
Ancient Romans and medieval scholars used the term decussorium for instruments that created precise X-shaped crossings in art, architecture, and surveying!
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