bucksaw

[ buhk-saw ]

/ ˈbʌkˌsɔ /

noun

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

Nearby words

bucko, buckra, buckraking, buckram, bucks, bucksaw, buckshee, buckshot, buckskin, buckskins, buckstay

Origin of bucksaw

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; buck³ + saw¹

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Examples from the Web for bucksaw

That is what all the boys called a bucksaw when I went to school.
In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur
The doctor cheerfully complied, and shot some dope into my hide, and made his bucksaw fairly sail, until it struck a rusty nail.
Uncle Walt [Walt Mason]|Walt Mason
I tried to recall every kind of work that a bucksaw can be used for in the hope that that would suggest the name, but I failed.
In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur
Johnnie bent his back, and the bucksaw resumed its protesting skreek.
The Turtles of Tasman|Jack London

In another moment he would have knocked at the kitchen door, but the skreek of a bucksaw from the woodshed led him aside.
The Turtles of Tasman|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for bucksaw

bucksaw

/ (ˈbʌkˌsɔː) /

noun

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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