Found 2 items, similar to crosscut.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: crosscut crosscut v : cut using a diagonal lines [syn: cut across] [also: crosscutting] crosscut n 1: a diagonal path 2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff] [also: crosscutting]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Crosscut Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[u^]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. [1913 Webster] 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]