CUTOVER

Etymology

Adjective

cutover (not comparable)

Having been cleared of valuable timber.

Noun

cutover (countable and uncountable, plural cutovers)

An area of cutover land.

The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.

The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.

(by extension) Any process of quickly replacing a machine so as to minimize downtime.

Anagrams

• couvert, overcut

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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