ˈcork-cutter
[f. cork n.1 + cut v.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut cork into stoppers for bottles, bungs, etc.
| 1709 Lond. Gaz. No. 4574/4 Felix Oneall, Cork-Cutter. 1836–9 Dickens Sk. Boz (1850) 181/2 Her deceased betterhalf had been an eminent cork-cutter. |
2. An instrument or machine for cutting corks.
So ˈcork-cutting vbl. n.
| 1756 W. Toldervy Two Orphans IV. 101 Many of the inhabitants, who were of the cork-cutting profession. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts I. 952 In the art of cork-cutting the French surpass the English. |