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handsawing

handsawing noun: the action of sawing timber with a handsaw.

Noun

handsawing (uncountable)

  1. The action of sawing timber with a handsaw.
    • The ironbark, splendid timber in itself, was almost hopeless as a material for hand-sawing.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110

Questions about handsawing

What does handsawing mean?
Handsawing means the action of sawing timber with a handsaw.
What part of speech is handsawing?
Handsawing is a noun.

Words near handsawing in the dictionary

  1. hands-on
  2. hands-ons
  3. Handsacre
  4. handsale
  5. handsaw
  6. handsawing
  7. handsaws
  8. handsbreadth
  9. handsbreadths
  10. Handscomb
  11. Handscombs

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