Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Crossbones

Crossbones (kros"bōnz`) , noun, plural

A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.
Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. — Hawthorne