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 ]