crosscut saw

English

Alternative forms

• cross-cut saw

Noun

crosscut saw (plural crosscut saws)

1. (forestry, logging) A saw used to cut wood across the grain.
   • 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 5:

     Crosscut teeth make a wider path, are raked back and beveled to points. The points allow the crosscut saw to score and cleave the grain cleanly.

Translations

saw for cutting across the grain

• Finnish: katkaisusaha
• German: Fuchsschwanz (de) m
• Irish: cros-sábh m
• Maori: kani tōpeka, kani tāmaku
• Swedish: stocksåg c
• Tagalog: lagaring-pamutol