Boustrophedon


an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
Historical Examples

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 Various
Museum of Antiquity L. W. Yaggy

adjective
having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
n.

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