crosscut : Idioms & Phrases


crosscut handsaw

  • noun handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)
    cutoff saw; crosscut handsaw.
WordNet

Crosscut saw

  • noun handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)
    cutoff saw; crosscut handsaw.
WordNet
  • . (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.
Webster 1913