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

Derived Forms

• step-cut
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of step cut

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

As a final step, cut out the oil sack, which lies just above the tail, proceeding in the manner illustrated in Fig.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

A modification of this is known as the "step" cut, sometimes also called the "trap."

From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by Mastin, John