1. A focus of attention or target
   "The company found itself in the crosshairs of federal investigators"

1. Either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are used 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: Crosshairs