piercing saw

noun

, Jewelry.

1. a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.

Word History and Origins

Origin of piercing saw¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The stern-tube is made from a piece of light-gage brass tube, it being cut away with a piercing saw to leave a strip the length of the stern-post.

From Project Gutenberg