bucksaw

American  

[buhk-saw] / ˈbʌkˌsɔ /

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.

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bucksaw British  

/ ˈbʌkˌsɔː /

noun

1. a woodcutting saw having its blade set in a frame and tensioned by a turnbuckle across the back of the frame

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Etymology

Origin of bucksaw

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

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

We believe we can make one and a half inch stuff from it by rigging up a staging and converting our one bucksaw into a jigsaw with a man above and one below.

From Project Gutenberg

The monotonous complaint of the bucksaw came to his ears.

From Project Gutenberg