saw pit
noun
a place for pit sawing.
saw pit
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saw-pit
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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 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
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
A large hole, somewhat resembling in shape an old-fashioned saw-pit, but of course of greater dimensions, is dug deep into the ground.
From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James
Thrice, on the night-shift, underneath in the saw-pit, Old Tarwater fainted.
From The Red One by London, Jack
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
As the timbers had to be out in two, a saw-pit was dug, at which Billy was doomed to work as under-sawyer, a task which Desmond assured him he performed to perfection.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
In return for this anecdote, the major gave him the story of the two Kilkenny cats in the saw-pit, which fought, until nothing remained of either but the tail and a bit of the flue.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
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