saw pit

or sawpit

noun

1. a place for pit sawing.

saw-pit

noun

1. (esp formerly) a pit above which a log is sawn into planks with a large pitsaw

Word History and Origins

Origin of saw pit¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, saw pit is from the late Middle English word sawpytt. See saw ¹, pit ¹

Example Sentences

And sometimes — like in Fisk’s selection of a saw pit location — his deductions were proven right by the simultaneous research of archeologist Bill Kelso, who directed the Jamestown Rediscovery Project.

From Seattle Times

“He came back to set and he said, ‘I found evidence of a saw pit in almost the exact same location at Jamestown,” Fisk says.

From Seattle Times

A saw "pit" is a scantling of poles eight feet high, on which the logs are placed to be sawn.

From Project Gutenberg

A large wooden building is used as a chapel and school, and near it is a saw pit and a carpenter's shop where the boys make furniture and boxes for sale at Irebu and other Posts in the neighbourhood, for the furniture of the Ikoko Mission is quite famous.

From Project Gutenberg

He asked about a saw pit in which he had worked when a young boy.

From Project Gutenberg