bucksaw

[ buhk-saw ]

/ ˈbʌkˌsɔ /

a saw having a blade set across an upright frame or bow, used with both hands in cutting wood on a sawhorse.

Origin of bucksaw

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; buck³ + saw¹

bucko, buckra, buckraking, buckram, bucks, bucksaw, buckshee, buckshot, buckskin, buckskins, buckstay

That is what all the boys called a bucksaw when I went to school.

In Pastures Green |Peter McArthur
The doctor cheerfully complied, and shot some dope into my hide, and made his bucksaw fairly sail, until it struck a rusty nail.

Uncle Walt [Walt Mason] |Walt Mason
I tried to recall every kind of work that a bucksaw can be used for in the hope that that would suggest the name, but I failed.

In Pastures Green |Peter McArthur
Johnnie bent his back, and the bucksaw resumed its protesting skreek.

The Turtles of Tasman |Jack London

In another moment he would have knocked at the kitchen door, but the skreek of a bucksaw from the woodshed led him aside.

The Turtles of Tasman |Jack London

bucksaw

/ (ˈbʌkˌsɔː) /

a woodcutting saw having its blade set in a frame and tensioned by a turnbuckle across the back of the frame