Sawpit
[sɒ:pit]
Definition
(noun.) a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw.
Inputed by Lawrence--From WordNet
Examples
- The grating wind sawed rather than blew; and as it sawed, the sawdust whirled about the sawpit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Every street was a sawpit, and there were no top-sawyers; every passenger was an under-sawyer, with the sawdust blinding him and choking him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Elise