sawpit
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A pit with a log across it where two people cut wood into boards
- noun
- /ˈsɔːˌpɪt/
- Archaic
:
foso de aserrado
- Two men would operate a long saw over the sawpit, one above and one inside the pit.
Examples
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Before the advent of sawmills, a sawpit was essential for processing logs into planks.
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The old lumber yard still has a preserved sawpit where workers used to cut huge timbers.
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The workers built a sawpit near the forest.
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Have you ever seen a sawpit in action?
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Before the advent of sawmills, a sawpit was essential for processing logs into planks.
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The old lumber yard still has a preserved sawpit where workers used to cut huge timbers.
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Two men would operate a long saw over the sawpit, one above and one inside the pit.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sawpit is just two plain words, saw and pit, meaning 'a pit for sawing'. Think of two men using a long saw, one above the log and one in the pit below, so the name tells you exactly how the place was used.