CROSSCUT

shortcut, cutoff, crosscut

(noun) a route shorter than the usual one

crosscut

(noun) a diagonal path

crosscut, cut across

(verb) cut using a diagonal line

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

crosscut (plural crosscuts)

A crosswise cut.

A shortcut.

An instance of filmic crosscutting.

A crosscut saw.

(mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

Verb

crosscut (third-person singular simple present crosscuts, present participle crosscutting, simple past and past participle crosscut)

To cut across something.

(film) To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cross"cut` (-kt`)

Definition: , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.

Cross"cut`, n.

1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

2. (Mining)

Definition: A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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