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noun

Cut-out n.

(a)

(Telegraphy) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.

(b)

(Elec.) A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.

Something cut out from another object, especially a piece of thick paper or cardboard with a picture on it (as of a person or other object), embedded in a larger sheet of paper and having perforations around the edges of the figure to allow easy removal from the larger sheet.

A valve in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine which, when activated, permits the exhaust gases to bypass the muffler.

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Etymology of 'Cut-out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cut-out" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the driver's seat required but a moment. The big car moved smoothly forward. A turn of the steering wheel brought it around headed toward the wide gates. Barney shifted to second speed, stepped on the accelerator and the cut-out simultaneously, and with a noise like the rattle of a machine gun, shot ...

— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs