pitsaw
- noun
- /ˈpɪtˌsɔ/
- Archaic
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sierra de dos manos
- Before modern machinery, planks were often made by hand with a pitsaw.
Examples
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Operating a pitsaw required great strength and coordination from both men involved.
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The old lumber mill still displays a massive pitsaw used by workers a century ago.
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The pitsaw is very sharp.
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The carpenter used a pitsaw to cut the logs.
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Before modern machinery, planks were often made by hand with a pitsaw.
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The old lumber mill still displays a massive pitsaw used by workers a century ago.
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Operating a pitsaw required great strength and coordination from both men involved.
Synonyms
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9.6
A long saw with handles at both ends used by two people
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9.1
A machine like a bandsaw that cuts thick wood into thinner boards
A large cutting tool with handles at both ends that two people use to cut wood
A large tool with handles at both ends used by two people to cut wood
A long saw with handles at both ends used by two people to cut wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pitsaw is simply pit + saw, where pit means 'hole in the ground' and saw means 'to cut wood'. So a pitsaw is a large two-person saw used with one worker standing in a pit while the other saws above, which explains the name.