1848 B. Webb iv. 141 Upon the altar stood..a hand-cross botonnée.
1892 A. Heales 31 A king is holding up a similar hand-cross.
2007 G. Woolfenden in K. Parry xvi. 321 The antimension, a consecrated cloth.., the Gospel book placed on top of it, a hand cross, and cloths for wiping the mouths of the communicants.