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double-cut

American  
[duhb-uhl-kuht] / ˈdʌb əlˈkʌt /

adjective

  1. noting a file having parallel cutting ridges crisscrossing in two directions.


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Melendez’s solo home run and Emmanuel Rivera’s RBI double cut the Royals’ deficit to three in the ninth.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

After Kendry Morales’ ground-rule double cut the deficit 4-3, Gurriel Jr. picked up his first major league hit, a single past diving shortstop Didi Gregorius.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2018

Officials also double cut, double-rolled and single-rolled the greens between the second and third rounds.

From Golf Digest • May 14, 2016

In the fourth, Joyce doubled, took third on a passed ball and scored on Sean Rodriguez’s sacrifice fly, but Darnell McDonald’s two-run double cut the gap to 4-2 in the bottom half.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2011

Alfonso Soriano's sixth inning RBI double cut the lead to 4-2.

From Newsweek • Jul. 28, 2011