Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A saw that is reinforced by a metal band along its back edge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saw the web of which is stiffened by a metallic back of greater substance. Such saws have specific names according to their use, as tenon-saw, dovetail-saw, carcass-saw, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
handsaw that has areinforcement along its back edge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
- noun a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge
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Examples
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Cut all the tenons with a backsaw and smooth them with a chisel.
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Mark the tenons on the ends of the stretcher and cut them with a backsaw and make smooth with a chisel.
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