adjective. Cleared of trees, especially those that bear valuable lumber.

adjective. Having been cleared of valuable timber.

noun. An area of cutover land.

noun. The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.

"Starting Jan. 30, FairPoint Communications will be transferring Verizon's network to its own system, a process called cutover that marks the last major step in the sale of the network."