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gang saw

noun

  1. a saw having several parallel blades for making simultaneous cuts.


gang saw

noun

  1. a saw having several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts


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Derived Forms

  • gang sawyer, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gang saw1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Example Sentences

A gang-saw is simply a series of straight saw-blades set in a vertical frame.

He can count more teeth than he ever saw at one time, except in a Saginaw gang-saw mill.

He's true as the needle to the pole and the gang-saw to the plank.

Gang-saw, gang-saw, n. an arrangement of saws set in one frame.

But Bull and his gang saw fit to omit that part of the story.

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