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Something that rips or creates a rip; a tool or apparatus intended for ripping; esp.: †(a) a tool used by a fletcher to shape the shaft of an arrow…
A type of handsaw with relatively large, coarse teeth, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain. Cf. half-rip n. at half, adj. compounds 2.
Shortened from ripsaw, n. See also half-rip n. at half, adj. compounds 2.