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Definition of Sawhorse
1. Noun. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
Definition of Sawhorse
1. n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
Definition of Sawhorse
1. Noun. A device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material (for example, timber), especially during cutting with a saw or similar device. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sawhorse
1. a rack used to support a piece of wood being sawed [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sawhorse
1. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand. Synonym: buck, and sawbuck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawhorse
Literary usage of Sawhorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Boy's Workshop: With Plans and Designs for In-door and Out-door Work by Harry Craigin, Henry Randall Waite (1884)
"And of course you must have a sawhorse before you can have a • bench ; but a saw-
N horse is a simple affair to make, and I will tell you how to set about ..."
2. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"To make the desk, or drawing board, the same arrangement is followed, with the
exception of the blocks which hold the table to the sawhorse; these will vary ..."
3. Harvey's Essentials of Arithmetic, with Everyday Problems Relating to by Lorenzo Dow Harvey (1914)
"sawhorse. The various parts of the sawhorse require a piece of lumber 1J-" x 4"
x 14' #1 Pine per M. How much more or less does it cost to make it of a ..."
4. The Wesleyan Song Book by Karl Pomeroy Harrington, Carl Fowler Price (1901)
"BROWN, ' 08 AA ? зт i feed my cat on a green bay feed my rooster on a green bay
feed my pig on a green bay feed my sawhorse on a green bay ..."
5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"In a few minutes Lincoln wns seen approaching, with a wooden sawhorse upon his
shoulder. Great were the shouts and the laughter of the crowd, and both were ..."
6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"sawhorse" phenomenon as in last ex- 1 " Pharmacology, Materia Medica, ...
"sawhorse" phenomenon, as in preceding experiments, after which animal fell on ..."
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