pit-sawnadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtsɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈpɪtˌsɔn/,

/ˈpɪtˌsɑn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pit n.¹, sawn adj.

Etymology: < pit n.¹+ sawn adj., after pit-saw n. Compare earlier pit-sawing n. and later pit-saw v.

That has been sawn using a pit saw.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > of timber: cut with pit-saw

pit-sawn1924

1924 J. A. Reid Pioneer Grazier Austral. 7 The..homestead was a six-roomed structure, built of locally pit sawn ‘leopard wood’.

1946 Nature 17 Aug. 245/1 Apart from the pit-sawn timber used locally, the pit-sawn timber supplies handled by the Department through its numerous subcontractors totalled 1,060,000 cu. ft.

1997 News (Frederick, Maryland) 10 Feb. b4/2 The barn..was built with 30,000 hand-molded bricks, pit-sawn 200-year-old wood, hand forged nails and the tools and methodology of Washington's time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pit-sawn
释义	pit-sawnadj. Brit. /ˈpɪtsɔːn/, U.S. /ˈpɪtˌsɔn/, /ˈpɪtˌsɑn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pit n.¹, sawn adj. Etymology: < pit n.¹+ sawn adj., after pit-saw n. Compare earlier pit-sawing n. and later pit-saw v. That has been sawn using a pit saw. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [adjective] > of timber: cut with pit-saw pit-sawn1924 1924 J. A. Reid Pioneer Grazier Austral. 7 The..homestead was a six-roomed structure, built of locally pit sawn ‘leopard wood’. 1946 Nature 17 Aug. 245/1 Apart from the pit-sawn timber used locally, the pit-sawn timber supplies handled by the Department through its numerous subcontractors totalled 1,060,000 cu. ft. 1997 News (Frederick, Maryland) 10 Feb. b4/2 The barn..was built with 30,000 hand-molded bricks, pit-sawn 200-year-old wood, hand forged nails and the tools and methodology of Washington's time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1924
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