made or used for cutting crosswise.

cut across the grain or on the bias.

a transverse cut or course.

a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.

Mining . an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.

Movies, Television . an act or instance of crosscutting.

a crosscut saw.

to cut or go across.

Movies, Television . to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.

Movies, Television . to employ the technique of crosscutting.

verb

crisscross , cut across , decussate , intersect