crosscut vs roadway

crosscut

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. 

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

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

roadway

noun
  • A way used as a road. 

  • The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. 

  • The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic. 

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