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pit sawing

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noun

a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.

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Nearby words

  1. pit dwelling,
  2. pit grave,
  3. pit of stomach,
  4. pit river,
  5. pit sample,
  6. pit scale,
  7. pit stop,
  8. pit viper,
  9. pit-a-pat,
  10. pit-sawn

Origin of pit sawing

First recorded in 1905–10
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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