2 entries under this word

Crosscut

Crŏss'cŭt, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. CROSSCUT; p. pr. & vb. n. CROSSCUTTING.] To cut across.

noun

n. 1. A short cut across. 2. (Mining.) An horizontal gallery, not in the veins themselves, but made to connect levels. Tomlinson.