single cut

¹

noun

, Jewelry.

1. a simple form of brilliant cut, having eight facets above and eight facets below the girdle, as well as the table, and usually a culet.

single-cut

²

[ sing-guhl-kuht ]

adjective

1. noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.

Word History and Origins

Origin of single cut¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Berman also likes recessed track systems that hold multiple lights within a single cut in the ceiling.

From Seattle Times

Here and elsewhere, Swift’s ability to project intimacy becomes the movie’s reason for being: You get the delirious sensation of being swallowed up by a massive crowd, up to a point, but then, in the space of a single cut, it’s suddenly just her alone onstage, all but bringing the performance directly to you.

From Los Angeles Times

Maton’s homer and Zach McKinstry’s RBI single cut the deficit to 6-3 in the sixth.

From Washington Times

Once you decide on the shape you want to make, you work out the fold pattern, fold the paper, make the single cut, unfold the paper and the detached shape will fall out.

From Literature

There were two outs when Max Kepler’s run-scoring single cut the lead to 4-2 and chased Hector Neris.

From Seattle Times