saw-cut

noun

A cut made with a saw.

Meanings

nounsaw-cut (plural saw-cuts)

plural saw-cuts

  1. A cut made with a saw.

    The saw-cut begins on the side opposite to that to which the tree is intended to fall, and is continued right through the tree.

    1907, Robert Scott Troup, Indian Forest Utilization, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, page 101
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