saw pit
noun
a place for pit sawing.
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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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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
“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
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
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)
I knowed what it meant, and got over to the saw-pit, and just caught hold of the boat in the dark as it was floating away.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by Fenn, George Manville
The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The weather was excessively hot, yet the men worked hard at the saw-pit notwithstanding; but all our activity was in danger of being fruitless, for the river each day fell about four inches!
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas
No one could tell where the dance begun, or where it ended, nor indeed which were legs and which were arms, for they were all flying about together, like the shavings in a saw-pit!
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
"No want of variety," said Jack; "if you do not like the saw-pit, you can have the tannery."
From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul
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