cut-off

See also: cutoff and cut off

English

Etymology

Deverbal from cut off.

Noun

cut-off (plural cut-offs)

1. Alternative spelling of cutoff
   • 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150:

     [sense 4 at cutoff] I should doubt if the consumption exceeded 30lb per mile, although it must be remembered that the regulator and cut-off were virtually unchanged from Etaples to Amiens, while the speed remained constant at 100 k.p.h. (62.5 m.p.h.) for mile after mile.

Adjective

cut-off (comparative more cut-off, superlative most cut-off)

1. Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

References

• “cut-off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• offcut