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  saw pit

  noun

  a place for pit sawing.
• saw-pit
  saw-pit

  noun

  (esp formerly) a pit above which a log is sawn into planks with a large pitsaw

saw pit

American  

Or sawpit

noun

1. a place for pit sawing.

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saw-pit British  

noun

1. (esp formerly) a pit above which a log is sawn into planks with a large pitsaw

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Etymology

Origin of saw pit

First recorded in 1375–1425, saw pit is from the late Middle English word sawpytt. See saw ¹, pit ¹

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“He came back to set and he said, ‘I found evidence of a saw pit in almost the exact same location at Jamestown,” Fisk says.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

And sometimes — like in Fisk’s selection of a saw pit location — his deductions were proven right by the simultaneous research of archeologist Bill Kelso, who directed the Jamestown Rediscovery Project.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

A saw "pit" is a scantling of poles eight feet high, on which the logs are placed to be sawn.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)

He visited the ship, and took great interest in all that was going on, particularly with the saw pit.

From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur

He asked about a saw pit in which he had worked when a young boy.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

It wanted something to slip on; perhaps rollers would do like those they moved the great pieces of timber on to the saw-pit.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

Humphrey and Pablo had worked at the saw-pit, and had sawed out a large quantity of boards and timber for building, but the work was put off till the spring.

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

The white horse was buried in the saw-pit in the Laine's wood.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

Denison was rigging a tackle to haul a tree-trunk into position in the plantation saw-pit, when Armitage rode up to the house.

From Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Becke, Louis

Well, we must get a Christian out of a well afore we get a bull out of a saw-pit, so I’ll go call the men.”

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick