'Crosscut' definitions:

Definition of 'crosscut'

From: WordNet
noun
A diagonal path
noun
A route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut]
verb
Cut using a diagonal line [syn: crosscut, cut across]

Definition of 'Crosscut'

From: GCIDE
  • Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crosscut'

From: GCIDE
  • Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n.
  • 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. [1913 Webster]
  • Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise. [1913 Webster]

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