gang saw

noun

1. a saw having several parallel blades for making simultaneous cuts.

gang saw

noun

1. a saw having several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts

Derived Forms

• gang sawyer, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gang saw¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

A gang-saw is simply a series of straight saw-blades set in a vertical frame.

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He can count more teeth than he ever saw at one time, except in a Saginaw gang-saw mill.

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He's true as the needle to the pole and the gang-saw to the plank.

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Gang-saw, gang-saw, n. an arrangement of saws set in one frame.

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But Bull and his gang saw fit to omit that part of the story.

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