step cut

American  

noun

Jewelry.

1. a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.

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Other Word Forms

• step-cut
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of step cut

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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step cut

Beneath those huts, the excavation team uncovered a step cut into the rock.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2022

That simple step cut the incidence of cholera by more than half, she found.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2011

At last--at last, when she felt that her pride would allow her to stay no longer, and she was on the point of going in, the sound of his step cut short her misery.

From The Castle Inn by Weyman, Stanley John

While probably never quite as snappy and brilliant as the regular brilliant cut, a well-proportioned step cut stone can be very brilliant.

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram

Each bar is, as it were, a step cut in ice and one does not see, if set pieces are objected to, why phrases and bars should not be attacked next.

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel