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Definition of Pitsaw
1. Noun. A large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below.
Definition of Pitsaw
1. a large saw for cutting logs [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitsaw
Literary usage of Pitsaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bolenge: A Story of Gospel Triumphs on the Congo by Eva May Dye (1909)
"He built a temporary carpenter shed and tool house, and began teaching men to
mark and saw out lumber, using a pitsaw. Brick-making was also begun, ..."
2. Bolenge: A Story of Gospel Triumphs on the Congo by Eva May Dye (1909)
"He built a temporary carpenter shed and tool house, and began teaching men to
mark and saw out lumber, using a pitsaw. Brick-making was also begun, ..."
3. Machine-shop Tools and Methods by William Samuel Leonard (1908)
"Of these sections the most important are the round and half-round, made either
blunt or taper; the pitsaw-file, blunt; the half-round wood-file, ..."
4. Bolenge: A Story of Gospel Triumphs on the Congo by Eva May Dye (1909)
"He built a temporary carpenter shed and tool house, and began teaching men to
mark and saw out lumber, using a pitsaw. Brick-making was also begun, ..."
5. Bolenge: A Story of Gospel Triumphs on the Congo by Eva May Dye (1909)
"He built a temporary carpenter shed and tool house, and began teaching men to
mark and saw out lumber, using a pitsaw. Brick-making was also begun, ..."
6. Machine-shop Tools and Methods by William Samuel Leonard (1908)
"Of these sections the most important are the round and half-round, made either
blunt or taper; the pitsaw-file, blunt; the half-round wood-file, ..."
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