rift-sawed

Also rift-sawn

[rift-sawd]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
quartersawed.

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The floor was in narrow, rift-sawed planks.

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