pit sawing
noun
a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
Origin of pit sawing
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby pit sawing
pit dwelling,
pit grave,
pit of stomach,
pit river,
pit sample,
pit sawing,
pit scale,
pit stop,
pit viper,
pit-sawn,
pita
Example sentences from the Web for pit sawing
The Yahgans were employed on road-making, chopping, pit-sawing and other work of the hardest kind.
The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn |John R. Spears