saw log


noun

a log large enough to saw into boards.

Origin of saw log

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Words nearby saw log

Example sentences from the Web for saw log

  • Are you a inviten' me to pound you over the head with a saw-log?

    The Citizen-Soldier |John Beatty
  • He saw the boiling eddies of the Halfway Pool, capable of sucking down a saw-log.

    The Forest |Stewart Edward White
  • He may fall offen a saw-log and git drowned, and you git her yit.

    Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) |John McElroy