cut-offn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌtɒf/, U.S.

/ˈkədˌɔf/,

/ˈkədˌɑf/

Etymology: to cut off at cut v. Phrasal verbs.

1. An act of cutting off or portion cut off.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > amount cut from webs for copy of edition

cut-off1954

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 151 This, tho', was a great Cut-off; a whole Week out of ten Days.

1954 J. Southward Mod. Printing (ed. 7) II. xv. 212 Cut off is the amount [sc. of paper] severed from the webs to form individual copies of an edition.

a. A new and shorter passage cut by a river through a bend; sometimes also applied to the crescent-shaped lake formed by the remains of the old channel when cut off from the new by silting. Also, a lateral channel dug across a bend in a river (also attributive). Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types

pene-lake1668

salina1697

slough1714

salt lake1763

bayou1766

lagoon1769

cut-off1773

prairie1820

maar1826

boating lake1834

serpentine1837

soda lake1839

bitter lake1843

stream-lake1867

shott1878

crater-lake1879

playa1885

oxbow lake1887

kettle-hole lake1902

mortlake1902

oxbow1902

seepage lake1934

paternoster lake1942

soda pan1976

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > bend > new passage across

cut-off1874

1773 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 300 To make any such cut off as shall be thought necessary from River to River.

1773 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 300 In such Cuts off and Clearing.

1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 222 It is about four miles across the several branches of the Pascagola..intersected by bayous and cut-offs.

1821 T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa vi. 98 The latter proceeds from the bayou,..the bayou or cut-off continuing to the southwest.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 186 At one spot called the ‘grand cut off’, vessels now pass from one point to another in half a mile, to a distance which it formerly required twenty miles to reach.

1874 in N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe (1878) 223 If you take to the cut-offs, you may get into..interior bayous, from which you will never emerge.

1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) i. 27 When a bend has become almost a complete curve, the river breaks through the intervening neck of land and forms a cut-off.

1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) ii. 337 The entire river was dammed at or near the upper part of a sharp bend, and a cut-off or lateral canal was dug across the bend from the pool thus formed.

1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) ii. 367 Cut-off walls resting on the river-bed.

1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xii. 173 The abandoned loops form ‘cut-offs’, ‘ox-bows’ or ‘mortlakes’ which, in time, become silted up.

b. A piece of road or railway which cuts off or saves a bend; a short cut, cross-cut.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > straight or direct > short cut

the (occasionally your, etc.) next wayc1330

cut1577

near cut1612

short cut1619

overcut1636

cross-cut1800

cut-off1806

quick cut1890

1806 Z. M. Pike Jrnl. 28 Jan. in Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. 64 Observed Mr. Grant's trackes going through it; found his mark of a cut off, (agreed on between us) took it, and proceeded very well.

1818 Boston Weekly Messenger 23 July They pointed [it] out to him as being a nigh cut~off to the high road.

1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake i. 107 Two more days, over a ‘cut off’, little travelled, brought us within a few miles of the mountains.

1881 Chicago Times 14 May The Company is..building a cut-off six miles in length near Omaha.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 3/1 The Great Western's Ashendon to Aynho ‘cut-off’, which will provide that company with a new route to Birmingham, nineteen miles shorter than its existing one.

1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters iii. 29 Evidently she was taking the cut-off back to the ranch, unaware that the bridge had been washed out by the freshet.

1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus i. 6 Those who came over the cut-off from San Juan de la Cruz.

a. An interruption or stopping of a continuance or flow. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > and dividing

interruptiona1676

discontinuance1726

cut-off1881

1881 T. Stevenson in Nature 14 Apr. 560/1 Difficulty..of effecting a sharp cut-off on a particular bearing.

1956 Kenyon Rev. 18 417 Abrupt voice cutoff.

1966 M. A. K. Halliday in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 152 Lexis seems to require the recognition merely of linear co-occurrence together with some measure of significant proximity, either a scale or at least a cut-off point.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. B10/2 The cutoff day for commitments in the current quarter is Wednesday.

1971 Times 23 Jan. 18/1 It is used here as a cut-off point between the poor and the rest of the community.

b. spec. Steam-engine. An arrangement by which the admission of steam to the cylinder is cut off when the piston has travelled part of the stroke, so that the steam during the remainder of the stroke works expansively; a contrivance for effecting this purpose. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > parts of

helm1663

spring-beam?1794

steam-jacket1838

cut-off1849

steam-jacketing1870

starting block1881

timing chain1889

timing mark1901

decelerator1907

air drain1908

plenum chamber1908

reservoir1920

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific parts

cut-off1849

side lever1882

nozzle1895

Lentz1925

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts

fire door1765

hand gear1805

throat pipe1824

cataract1832

cut-off1849

coil1852

pot-lid1856

main centre1858

trunk1859

piston sleeve1872

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > cut off of steam

cut-off1891

1849 Fairbairn in Mec. Mag. 51 258 The space between the cut-off valve and the working cylinder.

1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 29 All the requirements of an accurate self-regulating cut-off.

1891 Engineer 18 Sept. LXII. 229 This valve gear has an unusually large range of cut-off.

c. Applied to various mechanical contrivances for stopping the flow of a liquid, cutting off or closing a connection, and the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by hindering or obstructing passage > that which

tangling1575

moil1611

turnagain1630

rub1663

cut-off1874

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cut-off..2. a valve or gate in a spout, to stop discharge..3. a device in a rain-water spout to send the falling water in either of two directions.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Mar. 12/1 Cut-off for hydraulic and other engines.

d. figurative.

ΚΠ

1860 J. G. Saxe Money-king & Other Poems 53 Who first invented..That artificial cut-off—Early Rising!

e. In a magazine rifle, a device which prevents the feeding of cartridges from the magazine into the chamber, and enables the rifle to be used as a single-loader.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > bore > chamber > charger > cut-off

cut-off1890

1890 Times 6 Dec. 15/4 The cut-off is a strong and simple arrangement for bringing the magazine into action or for cutting it off.

1898 Daily News 9 May 3/1 Magazine Cut-off.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 7/2 As the Navy considered that a cut-off was necessary this..is fitted to all naval rifles.

1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles ix. 141 In a twinkling every man..had his rifle muzzle over the parapet, and his fingers busy with magazine and cut~off.

f. An automatic safety device for shutting off light, esp. the light of a cinema-projector.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > apparatus for projecting films > parts of

sprocket1879

projection lens1894

cut-off1906

gate1909

claw1911

take-up1915

douser1917

sound gate1931

sound head1931

pull-down1933

1906 Daily Chron. 28 June 2/7 Automatic cut-off devices.

1917 C. N. Bennett Guide to Kinematogr. ix. 146 Before the condenser..is a safety device called the hand light cut-off.

1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures ix. 119 The ‘cut-off’, an automatic safety shutter, mounted between the lamp and the film, which falls to intercept the light when the machine is at rest.

1923 C. N. Bennett Kinematography 47 There is a second cut-off fitted to all professional projectors... It is the automatic light cut-off.

g. A marked increase in the attenuation (or decrease in the amplification) of an oscillation when its frequency reaches some value, esp. of an alternating electric current or voltage by a filter, waveguide, etc.; usually attributive, as cut-off frequency, cut-off point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > increase in attenuation

cut-off frequency1926

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [adjective] > of specific frequency > relating to cut-off

cut-off1926

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > amplitude > decrease in

attenuation1887

cut-off frequency1926

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > frequency > specific frequencies > reaching specific value

cut-off point1926

1926 B. Franklin & F. E. Terman Transmission Line Theory v. 141 This frequency is called the cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter, for it marks the transition from pass to attenuated frequencies.

1930 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 9 iii. 483 The cutoff points are taken as those at which the attenuation reaches a value 10 db greater than that at 1,000 cycles.

1930 Discovery Dec. 398/2 The directional filter offers very little attenuation to frequencies on one side of a certain frequency (cut-off frequency).

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 735/1 The capacitative reactance of the air chamber in front of the diaphragm tends to raise the frequency at which this occurs, but results in a much sharper cut off at still higher frequencies.

1970 D. F. Shaw Introd. Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 272 The current gain of a transistor falls off at high frequencies... This frequency dependence is expressed accurately by the expression α_f = α₀/(1 + jf/f_α) where..fα is called the alpha cut-off frequency.

Draft additions June 2006

Originally U.S. In plural: unhemmed shorts made by cutting off the bottom portion of the legs of a pair of trousers (usually jeans); shorts designed in imitation of this style. Cf. cut-off adj. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of

panties1845

lederhosen1937

Bermuda shorts1938

walk shorts1944

Bermudas1954

knickers1954

skort1957

Jamaica shorts1959

baggies1962

cut-off1964

Jamaica1964

sleep-shorts1964

hot pants1970

batty riders1992

1964 Lima (Ohio) News 20 Mar. 3/1 (advt.) We have the ‘original’ Wrangler cut-offs at this special sale price!

1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) vi. 236 Wearing..tattered denim cut-offs.

1984 New Yorker 9 July 42/3 We probably looked ridiculous—five girls in cutoffs, football T-shirts, and moccasins.

2004 Outside Mar. 62/2 With his bare chest, camo cutoffs, and Lawrence of Arabia headgear, he looked like a parody of Lady Liberty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cut-offadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌtɒf/, U.S.

/ˈkədˌɔf/,

/ˈkədˌɑf/

Etymology: See to cut off at cut v. Phrasal verbs.

1. = cutaway adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other

full-dressed1752

broad-skirted1809

swallow-tailed1824

shad-bellied1832

square-tailed1837

cut-off1840

cutaway1841

sack1847

raglan1858

swing-back1862

Prince Albert1873

box back1892

highwayman1892

sack-back1892

sport utility1925

teddy bear1925

Redfern1932

sports utility1940

Crombie1951

1840 Ann. Reg. 1839 8 Dressed in a cut-off green coat with brass buttons.

2. Shut out, excluded, remote (see to cut off 8 at cut v. Phrasal verbs).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective]

solec1407

separate1600

sequestereda1616

unconjunctive1643

recluse1656

separated1730

removed1766

insulated1781

stray1796

insulate1803

isolated1811

Robinson Crusoe1823

incommunicado1844

shut-out1853

isolate1854

marooned1883

cut-off1894

shut-away1911

shut-off1913

splitsville1964

1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping I. xii. 203 Would he never lose this cut-off feeling, this awful ache for comradeship?

1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 92 The poorer, more cut-off people do not want roads.

Derivatives

cut-offness n. the state or condition of being cut off.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > detachment or non-participation > condition of

cut-offness1927

unattachedness1936

1927 D. H. Lawrence Let. 3 Aug. (1962) II. 993 Our being cut off..is our ailment... I wish I saw a little clearer how you get over the cut-offness.

1960 Encounter 15 73 The cut-off-ness of the modern ‘intellectual man’ from the world.

Draft additions June 2006

Originally U.S. Designating trousers (usually jeans) made into unhemmed shorts by cutting off the bottom portion of the legs; designating shorts designed in imitation of this style.

ΚΠ

1954 R. Jarrell Pictures from Institution ii. 69 Three devoted music students in cut-off jeans and men's pink Oxford shirts.

1968 H. S. Thompson Let. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 7 Boom around the midnight streets wearing a sweatshirt and cut-off levis and Wellington boots.

2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 15 June a2 Their white look, which will include plain stretch cut-off shorts with..side splits, extended waistbands and big loops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cut-off
释义	cut-offn. Brit. /ˈkʌtɒf/, U.S. /ˈkədˌɔf/, /ˈkədˌɑf/ Etymology: to cut off at cut v. Phrasal verbs. 1. An act of cutting off or portion cut off. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > amount cut from webs for copy of edition cut-off1954 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 151 This, tho', was a great Cut-off; a whole Week out of ten Days. 1954 J. Southward Mod. Printing (ed. 7) II. xv. 212 Cut off is the amount [sc. of paper] severed from the webs to form individual copies of an edition. 2. a. A new and shorter passage cut by a river through a bend; sometimes also applied to the crescent-shaped lake formed by the remains of the old channel when cut off from the new by silting. Also, a lateral channel dug across a bend in a river (also attributive). Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types pene-lake1668 salina1697 slough1714 salt lake1763 bayou1766 lagoon1769 cut-off1773 prairie1820 maar1826 boating lake1834 serpentine1837 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 stream-lake1867 shott1878 crater-lake1879 playa1885 oxbow lake1887 kettle-hole lake1902 mortlake1902 oxbow1902 seepage lake1934 paternoster lake1942 soda pan1976 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > bend > new passage across cut-off1874 1773 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 300 To make any such cut off as shall be thought necessary from River to River. 1773 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 300 In such Cuts off and Clearing. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 222 It is about four miles across the several branches of the Pascagola..intersected by bayous and cut-offs. 1821 T. Nuttall Trav. Arkansa vi. 98 The latter proceeds from the bayou,..the bayou or cut-off continuing to the southwest. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 186 At one spot called the ‘grand cut off’, vessels now pass from one point to another in half a mile, to a distance which it formerly required twenty miles to reach. 1874 in N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe (1878) 223 If you take to the cut-offs, you may get into..interior bayous, from which you will never emerge. 1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) i. 27 When a bend has become almost a complete curve, the river breaks through the intervening neck of land and forms a cut-off. 1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) ii. 337 The entire river was dammed at or near the upper part of a sharp bend, and a cut-off or lateral canal was dug across the bend from the pool thus formed. 1913 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers (ed. 2) ii. 367 Cut-off walls resting on the river-bed. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xii. 173 The abandoned loops form ‘cut-offs’, ‘ox-bows’ or ‘mortlakes’ which, in time, become silted up. b. A piece of road or railway which cuts off or saves a bend; a short cut, cross-cut. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > straight or direct > short cut the (occasionally your, etc.) next wayc1330 cut1577 near cut1612 short cut1619 overcut1636 cross-cut1800 cut-off1806 quick cut1890 1806 Z. M. Pike Jrnl. 28 Jan. in Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. 64 Observed Mr. Grant's trackes going through it; found his mark of a cut off, (agreed on between us) took it, and proceeded very well. 1818 Boston Weekly Messenger 23 July They pointed [it] out to him as being a nigh cut~off to the high road. 1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake i. 107 Two more days, over a ‘cut off’, little travelled, brought us within a few miles of the mountains. 1881 Chicago Times 14 May The Company is..building a cut-off six miles in length near Omaha. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 3/1 The Great Western's Ashendon to Aynho ‘cut-off’, which will provide that company with a new route to Birmingham, nineteen miles shorter than its existing one. 1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters iii. 29 Evidently she was taking the cut-off back to the ranch, unaware that the bridge had been washed out by the freshet. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus i. 6 Those who came over the cut-off from San Juan de la Cruz. 3. a. An interruption or stopping of a continuance or flow. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > and dividing interruptiona1676 discontinuance1726 cut-off1881 1881 T. Stevenson in Nature 14 Apr. 560/1 Difficulty..of effecting a sharp cut-off on a particular bearing. 1956 Kenyon Rev. 18 417 Abrupt voice cutoff. 1966 M. A. K. Halliday in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 152 Lexis seems to require the recognition merely of linear co-occurrence together with some measure of significant proximity, either a scale or at least a cut-off point. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. B10/2 The cutoff day for commitments in the current quarter is Wednesday. 1971 Times 23 Jan. 18/1 It is used here as a cut-off point between the poor and the rest of the community. b. spec. Steam-engine. An arrangement by which the admission of steam to the cylinder is cut off when the piston has travelled part of the stroke, so that the steam during the remainder of the stroke works expansively; a contrivance for effecting this purpose. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > parts of helm1663 spring-beam?1794 steam-jacket1838 cut-off1849 steam-jacketing1870 starting block1881 timing chain1889 timing mark1901 decelerator1907 air drain1908 plenum chamber1908 reservoir1920 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > specific parts cut-off1849 side lever1882 nozzle1895 Lentz1925 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts fire door1765 hand gear1805 throat pipe1824 cataract1832 cut-off1849 coil1852 pot-lid1856 main centre1858 trunk1859 piston sleeve1872 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > cut off of steam cut-off1891 1849 Fairbairn in Mec. Mag. 51 258 The space between the cut-off valve and the working cylinder. 1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 29 All the requirements of an accurate self-regulating cut-off. 1891 Engineer 18 Sept. LXII. 229 This valve gear has an unusually large range of cut-off. c. Applied to various mechanical contrivances for stopping the flow of a liquid, cutting off or closing a connection, and the like. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > deprivation of movement > by hindering or obstructing passage > that which tangling1575 moil1611 turnagain1630 rub1663 cut-off1874 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cut-off..2. a valve or gate in a spout, to stop discharge..3. a device in a rain-water spout to send the falling water in either of two directions. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Mar. 12/1 Cut-off for hydraulic and other engines. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1860 J. G. Saxe Money-king & Other Poems 53 Who first invented..That artificial cut-off—Early Rising! e. In a magazine rifle, a device which prevents the feeding of cartridges from the magazine into the chamber, and enables the rifle to be used as a single-loader. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > bore > chamber > charger > cut-off cut-off1890 1890 Times 6 Dec. 15/4 The cut-off is a strong and simple arrangement for bringing the magazine into action or for cutting it off. 1898 Daily News 9 May 3/1 Magazine Cut-off. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 7/2 As the Navy considered that a cut-off was necessary this..is fitted to all naval rifles. 1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles ix. 141 In a twinkling every man..had his rifle muzzle over the parapet, and his fingers busy with magazine and cut~off. f. An automatic safety device for shutting off light, esp. the light of a cinema-projector. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > apparatus for projecting films > parts of sprocket1879 projection lens1894 cut-off1906 gate1909 claw1911 take-up1915 douser1917 sound gate1931 sound head1931 pull-down1933 1906 Daily Chron. 28 June 2/7 Automatic cut-off devices. 1917 C. N. Bennett Guide to Kinematogr. ix. 146 Before the condenser..is a safety device called the hand light cut-off. 1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures ix. 119 The ‘cut-off’, an automatic safety shutter, mounted between the lamp and the film, which falls to intercept the light when the machine is at rest. 1923 C. N. Bennett Kinematography 47 There is a second cut-off fitted to all professional projectors... It is the automatic light cut-off. g. A marked increase in the attenuation (or decrease in the amplification) of an oscillation when its frequency reaches some value, esp. of an alternating electric current or voltage by a filter, waveguide, etc.; usually attributive, as cut-off frequency, cut-off point. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > increase in attenuation cut-off frequency1926 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [adjective] > of specific frequency > relating to cut-off cut-off1926 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > amplitude > decrease in attenuation1887 cut-off frequency1926 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > frequency > specific frequencies > reaching specific value cut-off point1926 1926 B. Franklin & F. E. Terman Transmission Line Theory v. 141 This frequency is called the cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter, for it marks the transition from pass to attenuated frequencies. 1930 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 9 iii. 483 The cutoff points are taken as those at which the attenuation reaches a value 10 db greater than that at 1,000 cycles. 1930 Discovery Dec. 398/2 The directional filter offers very little attenuation to frequencies on one side of a certain frequency (cut-off frequency). 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 735/1 The capacitative reactance of the air chamber in front of the diaphragm tends to raise the frequency at which this occurs, but results in a much sharper cut off at still higher frequencies. 1970 D. F. Shaw Introd. Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 272 The current gain of a transistor falls off at high frequencies... This frequency dependence is expressed accurately by the expression α_f = α₀/(1 + jf/f_α) where..fα is called the alpha cut-off frequency. Draft additions June 2006 Originally U.S. In plural: unhemmed shorts made by cutting off the bottom portion of the legs of a pair of trousers (usually jeans); shorts designed in imitation of this style. Cf. cut-off adj. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of panties1845 lederhosen1937 Bermuda shorts1938 walk shorts1944 Bermudas1954 knickers1954 skort1957 Jamaica shorts1959 baggies1962 cut-off1964 Jamaica1964 sleep-shorts1964 hot pants1970 batty riders1992 1964 Lima (Ohio) News 20 Mar. 3/1 (advt.) We have the ‘original’ Wrangler cut-offs at this special sale price! 1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) vi. 236 Wearing..tattered denim cut-offs. 1984 New Yorker 9 July 42/3 We probably looked ridiculous—five girls in cutoffs, football T-shirts, and moccasins. 2004 Outside Mar. 62/2 With his bare chest, camo cutoffs, and Lawrence of Arabia headgear, he looked like a parody of Lady Liberty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cut-offadj. Brit. /ˈkʌtɒf/, U.S. /ˈkədˌɔf/, /ˈkədˌɑf/ Etymology: See to cut off at cut v. Phrasal verbs. 1. = cutaway adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other full-dressed1752 broad-skirted1809 swallow-tailed1824 shad-bellied1832 square-tailed1837 cut-off1840 cutaway1841 sack1847 raglan1858 swing-back1862 Prince Albert1873 box back1892 highwayman1892 sack-back1892 sport utility1925 teddy bear1925 Redfern1932 sports utility1940 Crombie1951 1840 Ann. Reg. 1839 8 Dressed in a cut-off green coat with brass buttons. 2. Shut out, excluded, remote (see to cut off 8 at cut v. Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] solec1407 separate1600 sequestereda1616 unconjunctive1643 recluse1656 separated1730 removed1766 insulated1781 stray1796 insulate1803 isolated1811 Robinson Crusoe1823 incommunicado1844 shut-out1853 isolate1854 marooned1883 cut-off1894 shut-away1911 shut-off1913 splitsville1964 1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping I. xii. 203 Would he never lose this cut-off feeling, this awful ache for comradeship? 1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 92 The poorer, more cut-off people do not want roads. Derivatives cut-offness n. the state or condition of being cut off. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > detachment or non-participation > condition of cut-offness1927 unattachedness1936 1927 D. H. Lawrence Let. 3 Aug. (1962) II. 993 Our being cut off..is our ailment... I wish I saw a little clearer how you get over the cut-offness. 1960 Encounter 15 73 The cut-off-ness of the modern ‘intellectual man’ from the world. Draft additions June 2006 Originally U.S. Designating trousers (usually jeans) made into unhemmed shorts by cutting off the bottom portion of the legs; designating shorts designed in imitation of this style. ΚΠ 1954 R. Jarrell Pictures from Institution ii. 69 Three devoted music students in cut-off jeans and men's pink Oxford shirts. 1968 H. S. Thompson Let. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 7 Boom around the midnight streets wearing a sweatshirt and cut-off levis and Wellington boots. 2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 15 June a2 Their white look, which will include plain stretch cut-off shorts with..side splits, extended waistbands and big loops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740adj.1840
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