Key:cutting
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Signifies that a linear feature (e.g. a road) cuts into the surrounding land. 
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An excavated section where the highway or railway is significantly lower than ground level.
See also Cut on Wikipedia.
Usage
Add =yes to a way that is already tagged with highway=*, railway=* or (artificial) waterway=*.
The tag =yes usually means that the original ground level is higher on both sides of the highway, railway or waterway. It is also possible to use =left or =right if the cutting is only on one side of the feature. In this case, =left means that the original ground level is higher on the left side of the way.
The value =both has also been used instead of =yes by some mappers, to make it explicit that the original ground level is higher on both sides of the highway. The value =hollow_way has also been rarely used for a sunken lane (or, hollow way, or holloway): an old road or track that is lower than the land on either side, but historic=hollow_way is more common.
Photos
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A railway cutting in Helsinki. -
A railway cutting in France. -
A historic (100 AD) road cutting in Terracina, Italy.
See also
barrier=coupure– An opening in a (flood)wall or levee (dyke) for a road or railway.barrier=retaining_wall– An upright artificial structure that holds back soil or rock.tunnel=*– A tunnel, an underground passageway.embankment=*– The opposite of a cutting, an embankment as property of a map feature.man_made=embankment– An embankment as separate map feature.
natural=cliff– A cliff, a vertical or almost vertical natural drop in terrain.natural=earth_bank– earth bank is an abrupt change in ground level which can be clearly distinguished from its surroundingsnatural=gully– small scale cut in relief created by water erosionhistoric=hollow_way– A hollow way, a path/way which has over time fallen significantly lower than the land on either side.- Landform examples