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Definition of Crosscut
1. Verb. Cut using a diagonal line.
2. Noun. A diagonal path.
3. Noun. A route shorter than the usual one.
Definition of Crosscut
1. v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
2. n. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
Definition of Crosscut
1. Verb. To cut across something. ¹
2. Verb. To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes in a film ¹
3. Noun. A crosswise cut ¹
4. Noun. A shortcut ¹
5. Noun. An instance of filmic crosscutting ¹
6. Noun. A crosscut saw ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crosscut
1. to cut across [v -CUT, -CUTTING, -CUTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crosscut
Literary usage of Crosscut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and If the lode is not firm enough to allow of the stones being carried for
its full width, the crosscut method is adopted ; the workings in this case, ..."
2. Martin's Mining Law and Land-office Procedure: With Statutes and Forms by Theodore Martin (1908)
"Open crosscut, tunnel, or adit will hold lode. Any open cut, crosscut or tunnel
which shall cut a lode at the depth of ten feet below the surface, ..."
3. Essentials of Woodworking: A Textbook for Schools by Ira Samuel Griffith (1908)
"Saws which are used in cutting across the grain are called crosscut; those which
are used in cutting parallel to the grain are called rip-saws. Fig. 24. ..."
4. Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of by United States, Congress (1910)
"Yes, sir; they crosscut it, and you could see the thickness of the vein. Mr.
OLMSTED. That would not tell you how thick the vein was. Mr. OLMSTED. ..."
5. A Study of Ore Deposits for the Practical Miner: With Descriptions of Ore by James Philip Wallace (1908)
"PROSPECTING VEINS BY crosscut TUNNELS Advantages and Disadvantages. — Tunnels of
this kind, as the name implies, are run crosswise to the course of the vein ..."
6. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1899)
"In the 84 feet crosscut on the 300 feet level the black bands are ... The crosscut
at this level from the main shaft to the lode ts 15 feet in length. ..."
7. Gynecology, obstetrics, menopause by Alexander Hubert Providence Leuf (1902)
"crosscut OF THE FUNDUS IN CESAREAN SECTION. Two cases of Cesarean section were
reported in 1897 in the Wiener klin. ..."
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