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Typically, the family, who had no access to electricity, used a crosscut saw to manually cut Douglas fir trees into logs for walls and beams that were hoisted into place with cranks and pulley systems.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
About two years later Spitzer and an assistant used a two-person crosscut saw to cut Potter’s frozen corpse into four sections, a preliminary step in an ongoing process that will take years.
—National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
Of course, the hewing was generally done with a broad ax, whereas the cutting down of trees and cutting up of firewood was done with a single- or double-bit ax (if no crosscut saw was available, which was usually the case until the late 1800s).
—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 22 Dec. 2019
Heritage Festival World War II-era jeeps, weapons and memorabilia, archery and crosscut saw demonstrations, beekeeping demonstrations and information, the Early Grove String Band, crafts, and games.
—Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2017
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First Known Use
1645, in the meaning defined above
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“Crosscut saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crosscut%20saw. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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