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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Cut-out

/(kŭt"out`)/ · Cut·-out · IPA /ˈkʌt.aʊt/
01 n. A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
  1. 1.
    A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.(Telegraphy)
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    A valve in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine which, when activated, permits the exhaust gases to bypass the muffler.