crosscut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a diagonal path
  2. noun a route shorter than the usual one
    cutoff; shortcut.
  3. verb cut using a diagonal line
    cut across.

WordNet


Cross"cut`
Definitions
  1. , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
Cross"cut` noun
Definitions
  1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
  2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.

Webster 1913