pit sawing

noun

1. a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pit sawing¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The Yahgans were employed on road-making, chopping, pit-sawing and other work of the hardest kind.

From Project Gutenberg