table cut

American  

noun

Jewelry.

1. a variety of step cut in which a very large table is joined to the girdle with a bevel.

2. (formerly) a diamond cut in which the natural octahedral crystal of the diamond is used intact, the only cutting being in the formation of the table and culet.

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Etymology

Origin of table cut

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

After each race, she has essentially hopped up onto an operating table, cut herself open and handed out scalpels to give observers the chance to dissect every aspect of what’s going on.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Coggeshall's proudest achievement: a $3.50 table, cut from a single piece of plywood.

From Time Magazine Archive

A charitable New York poolroom lent a table, cut off the recorded music out of respect for the occasion, and crowded in 1,000 of the faithful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instructors line up herbs on a thin wooden table cut from a single log.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oppressed with the closeness of the atmosphere, he sat down upon a little bench or table cut in the rock that evidently had been meant to receive offerings to the dead.

From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider