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bucksaw

[ buhk-saw ]

noun

  1. a saw see having a blade set across an upright frame or bow, used with both hands in cutting wood on a sawhorse.


bucksaw

/ ˈbʌkˌsɔː /

noun

  1. a woodcutting saw having its blade set in a frame and tensioned by a turnbuckle across the back of the frame
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bucksaw1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; buck 3 + saw 1
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Example Sentences

Two people use this wire saw much like lumberjacks use a two-man bucksaw on a log.

He found an antique bucksaw of wood and wire that he used to saw the dead trees to length.

George was out there with a chisel-toothed bucksaw, his wool hat perched on top of his balding head, working on it in the storm.

Here he found the bucksaw, and cut off a number of short lengths of wood.

The next sight was a ship yard where four or five whip saws were kept going; their whip saw is rigged like a bucksaw only the saw instead of the stick, is in the centre.

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