crosscut

[kraws-kuht, kros-]

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adjective

made or used for cutting crosswise.

cut across the grain or on the bias.

noun

a transverse cut or course.

a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.

Mining. an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.

Movies, Television. an act or instance of crosscutting.

a crosscut saw.

verb (used with object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.

to cut or go across.

Movies, Television. to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.

verb (used without object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.

Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.

Origin of crosscut

First recorded in 1580–90; cross- + cut

Related formscross·cut·ter, noun

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Historical Examples of cross-cut

The teeth of the rip saw are also larger than those of the cross-cut.
Carpentry for Boys
J. S. Zerbe
In Fig. 14, which shows the teeth of a cross-cut saw, the pitch (B) is about 10 degrees off.
Carpentry for Boys
J. S. Zerbe
The next day he found fault with me for the way I used a cross-cut saw.
A California Girl
Edward Eldridge
I had left a cross-cut saw there this morning, and just went to fetch it.
The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants
Friedrich Gerstcker
The third lift they have not cross-cut to it, as the slope is on No. 2.
A Report on Washington Territory
William Henry Ruffner

British Dictionary definitions for cross-cut

crosscut

adjective

cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis

noun

a transverse cut or course

a less common word for short cut

mining a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein

verb -cuts, -cutting or -cut

to cut across

Also: intercut films to link (two sequences or two shots) so that they appear to be taking place at the same time

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crosscut

adjective

noun

verb (used with object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.

verb (used without object), cross·cut, cross·cut·ting.

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crosscut

adjective

noun

verb -cuts, -cutting or -cut