crosscut vs retrench

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • 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. 

retrench

verb
  • To cut down or reduce. 

  • To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification). 

  • To dig or redig a trench where one already exists. 

  • To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant. 

  • To abridge; to curtail. 

  • To live less expensively; to economize. 

  • To confine; to limit; to restrict. 

  • To take up a new defensive position. 

How often have the words crosscut and retrench occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )