sawn-off

esp US sawed-off

adjective

(prenominal) (of a shotgun) having the barrel cut short, mainly to facilitate concealment of the weapon
informal (of a person) small in stature

Words nearby sawn-off

sawfly, sawhorse, sawm, sawmill, sawn, sawn-off, sawney, sawtimber, sawtooth, sawtooth roof, sawyer

Example sentences from the Web for sawn-off

  • It was triangular, a piece of sawn-off wood, brown with age and ragged.

    Day and Night Stories |Algernon Blackwood

  • This is the last compartment, right in the nose; a sawn-off cone-shape.

    The Lost Kafoozalum |Pauline Ashwell

  • There were six in all, but rather more than that number of shadowy objects had appeared unexpectedly among the sawn-off stumps.

    A Damaged Reputation |Harold Bindloss

  • And he knocked with his stick a little piece of sawn-off board that lay beside the rushing water.

    Day and Night Stories |Algernon Blackwood