Sawpit (Noun)
Meaning
A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The men labored in the sawpit, taking turns to pull the long saw back and forth through the wooden beam.
- To saw a large tree trunk, a sawpit was often dug near the site of the felled tree.
- Historically, a sawpit was a common feature of woodworking operations in medieval Europe.
- Before the advent of power saws, lumberjacks would use a sawpit to cut wooden planks from tree trunks.
- A typical sawpit consisted of a rectangular hole dug into the ground with the log placed over it, ready for the sawyers to start work.