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• single cut
  single cut

  noun

  a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.
• single-cut
  single-cut

  adjective

  noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

single cut

¹ American  

noun

Jewelry.

1. a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.

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single-cut ² American  

[sing-guhl-kuht] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈkʌt /

adjective

1. noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

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Etymology

Origin of single cut

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Wobbly economic conditions could prompt Fed officials to lower rates more than the single cut they penciled in for 2026 back in December.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Javier Báez’s RBI single cut the deficit in the sixth, but the Twins opened a 5-1 in the seventh after loading the bases when Alex Kiriloff singled against the shift.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2022

No surprise then, that her first single, cut in 1959, was a spry rockabilly called “Puppy Love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

Wong’s run-scoring single cut the deficit to 4-2.

From Fox News • Aug. 25, 2021

He supposes the single cut in Lydgate to represent all the figures that were in St. Paul’s cloister.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis