To cut across something.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
A crosscut saw.
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.