CROSSCUT

I. transitive verb Date: 1590 to cut, go, or move across or through, to cut with a ~ saw, to subject (as movie scenes) to ~ting, II. adjective Date: 1645 made or used for cutting transversely , cut across or transversely , III. noun Date: 1789 something that cuts across or through, cross section , ~ saw , an instance of ~ting (as in a movie)