saw pitn.

Etymology: < saw n.¹ + pit n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsaw pit.

a. An excavation in the ground, over the mouth of which a framework is erected on which timber is placed to be sawn with a long two-handled saw by two men, the one standing in the pit and the other on a raised platform.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with wood > [noun] > hole over which wood is sawn

pitOE

saw pit1408

saw-stage1522

sawing pit1560

sawing stage1612

1408 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 62 Rogerus Parker fecit unum sawpytt in alta via.

1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 256 For drawyng of þe seid tymber fro þe wrightes to þe sawe pitt.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 53 Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 1 To those Dockes..belongs their wood-yards, with saw-pits.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 135 Two Sawyers with their Tools, and a Saw-Pit, would have cut six of them..in half a Day.

1811 T. Moore Mr. Orator Puff iii He tripped near a sawpit, and tumbled right in.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 476/1 The facility with which sawing whole timber is now done by the aid of the upright saw-frame [etc.], has in large factories and workshops caused the saw-pits to be out of date.

figurative and in extended use.1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 5 In Satans saw-pit school'd he was.1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xii. 109 Every street was a sawpit.

b. North American. A wooden framework serving the function of a saw-pit.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > parts of saw-mill equipment

strake-shide1536

side strake1810

head block1811

muley1846

muley saw1852

saw pit1876

canter1889

1876 H. W. Ravenell in New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) (1936) XXV. 763 The saw-pit was a rude structure about seven feet high, made of strong posts set in the ground wide enough apart to hold one or two pieces of heavy pine timber, and the sawyers, one above and one beneath, sawed out one hundred feet per day.

1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story x. 87 Next they would erect, from smaller trees in the vicinity, what we used to call a saw-pit, which was not really a pit at all but a frame set entirely above the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	saw pit
释义	saw pitn. Etymology: < saw n.¹ + pit n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsaw pit. a. An excavation in the ground, over the mouth of which a framework is erected on which timber is placed to be sawn with a long two-handled saw by two men, the one standing in the pit and the other on a raised platform. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with wood > [noun] > hole over which wood is sawn pitOE saw pit1408 saw-stage1522 sawing pit1560 sawing stage1612 1408 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 62 Rogerus Parker fecit unum sawpytt in alta via. 1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 256 For drawyng of þe seid tymber fro þe wrightes to þe sawe pitt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 53 Let them from forth a saw-pit rush at once. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 1 To those Dockes..belongs their wood-yards, with saw-pits. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 135 Two Sawyers with their Tools, and a Saw-Pit, would have cut six of them..in half a Day. 1811 T. Moore Mr. Orator Puff iii He tripped near a sawpit, and tumbled right in. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 476/1 The facility with which sawing whole timber is now done by the aid of the upright saw-frame [etc.], has in large factories and workshops caused the saw-pits to be out of date. figurative and in extended use.1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 5 In Satans saw-pit school'd he was.1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xii. 109 Every street was a sawpit. b. North American. A wooden framework serving the function of a saw-pit. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > parts of saw-mill equipment strake-shide1536 side strake1810 head block1811 muley1846 muley saw1852 saw pit1876 canter1889 1876 H. W. Ravenell in New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) (1936) XXV. 763 The saw-pit was a rude structure about seven feet high, made of strong posts set in the ground wide enough apart to hold one or two pieces of heavy pine timber, and the sawyers, one above and one beneath, sawed out one hundred feet per day. 1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story x. 87 Next they would erect, from smaller trees in the vicinity, what we used to call a saw-pit, which was not really a pit at all but a frame set entirely above the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1408
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