cutoff

Definitions

• The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
• A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
• A device that stops the flow of a current.
• A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder see quotation at m.
• A cessation in a flow or activity.
• (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
• (chiefly) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
• (journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.