hacksaw

[ hak-saw ]

/ ˈhækˌsɔ /

a saw for cutting metal, consisting typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.

Origin of hacksaw

First recorded in 1645–55; hack¹ + saw¹

They dress in clothing from the flophouse lost-and-found and are groomed with a hacksaw and gravel rake.

Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham |P. J. O’Rourke |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A hacksaw is applied through holes bored at the ends and a cut sawed along against the metal edges.

The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various
With a hacksaw this is cut off in a sloping direction with an angle to correspond with the slope in the bottom of the dry-dock.

Boys' Book of Model Boats |Raymond Francis Yates
A vise with a bar of metal in it, half cut through and the hacksaw beside it.

Omnilingual |H. Beam Piper

It may then be sawn with a hacksaw, cut with a cold chisel, or filed into plates of the proper shape, as shown.

The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 |Various
Still one might be nicked with a hacksaw and left to break with the shock when the next log ran down the slide.

The Girl From Keller's |Harold Bindloss

hacksaw

/ (ˈhækˌsɔː) /

a handsaw for cutting metal, with a hard-steel blade in a frame under tension

(tr) to cut with a hacksaw