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bow saw

[boh]
–noun
a saw having a narrow blade held at both ends by a bowed handle.

Origin:
1670–80
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n.  A saw with a slender blade connected at each end to a narrow handle that curves outward like an archer's bow.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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