Meanings
nounhandsawing (uncountable)
- uncountableThe action of sawing timber with a handsaw.
The ironbark, splendid timber in itself, was almost hopeless as a material for hand-sawing.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110
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