crosscut saw

noun

: a saw designed chiefly to cut across the grain of wood compare ripsaw

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Typically, the family, who had no access to electricity, used a crosscut saw to manually cut Douglas fir trees into logs for walls and beams that were hoisted into place with cranks and pulley systems. Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023 About two years later Spitzer and an assistant used a two-person crosscut saw to cut Potter’s frozen corpse into four sections, a preliminary step in an ongoing process that will take years. National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023 Of course, the hewing was generally done with a broad ax, whereas the cutting down of trees and cutting up of firewood was done with a single- or double-bit ax (if no crosscut saw was available, which was usually the case until the late 1800s). Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 22 Dec. 2019 Heritage Festival World War II-era jeeps, weapons and memorabilia, archery and crosscut saw demonstrations, beekeeping demonstrations and information, the Early Grove String Band, crafts, and games. Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crosscut saw was in 1645

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“Crosscut saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crosscut%20saw. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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