plain-saw
[ pleyn-saw ]
verb (used with object),plain-sawed, plain-sawed or plain-sawn, plain-saw·ing.
to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
Origin of plain-saw
1First recorded in 1950–55
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How to use plain-saw in a sentence
Kiln-drying of one inch oak, takes one or two weeks, quarter-sawn boards taking one and a half times as long as plain-sawn.
Handwork in Wood | William Noyes
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