Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A compass-or keyhole-saw with a long and slender blade and fine teeth.
  • noun A reciprocating scroll-saw mounted on a table and operated by a treadle. See scrollsaw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A narrow-bladed fine-toothed saw for cutting curved outlines.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension; used in making curved cuts

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines

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Examples

  • Ptolemy Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were putting a jigsaw puzzle together, a scene of flowers, grass, and butterflies painted on thin wood that some master craftsman with a fretsaw had cut into small, irregular pieces.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Ptolemy Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were putting a jigsaw puzzle together, a scene of flowers, grass, and butterflies painted on thin wood that some master craftsman with a fretsaw had cut into small, irregular pieces.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • His idea of relaxation is working with his fretsaw.

    Metamorphosis 2006

  • His idea of relaxation is working with his fretsaw.

    Metamorphosis Franz Kafka 1903

  • Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Previously, puzzles were 'dissections' - not interlinked like modern sets - and were cut using a handheld fretsaw.

    This is Money | Home 2010

  • Previously, puzzles were 'dissections' - not interlinked like modern sets - and were cut using a handheld fretsaw.

    This is Money | Home 2010

  • Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 'I had fun at Christmas, messing about a bit with the fretsaw.'

    cafebabel.com 2009

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