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Definition of Sawpit
1. Noun. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw.
Definition of Sawpit
1. Noun. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sawpit
1. a pit in which a sawer stands [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawpit
Literary usage of Sawpit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the State Engineer of California, on Irrigation and the Irrigation by California Office of State Engineer, William Hammond Hall (1888)
"SECTION I. sawpit CANON WORKS. Monrovia and Santa Anita Colony Irrigations. ...
Lying next west of the sawpit and between it and the wash of the Santa Anita ..."
2. Victoria: Late Australia Felix, Or Port Phillip District of New South Wales by William Westgarth (1853)
"... Mount Alexander—Case of Murder—Kyneton Streets and Hotels— Road-making — sawpit
Gully — Forest Creek Diggings—Official Quarters—Castlemaine—Squatters v. ..."
3. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1853)
"The Judge directed the jury to consider whether the defendant really and bona
fide intended to make a sawpit, or was merely digging a hole for the purpose ..."
4. Report of the State Engineer of California, on Irrigation and the Irrigation by California Office of State Engineer, William Hammond Hall (1888)
"SECTION I. sawpit CANON WORKS. Monrovia and Santa Anita Colony Irrigations. ...
Lying next west of the sawpit and between it and the wash of the Santa Anita ..."
5. Victoria: Late Australia Felix, Or Port Phillip District of New South Wales by William Westgarth (1853)
"... Mount Alexander—Case of Murder—Kyneton Streets and Hotels— Road-making — sawpit
Gully — Forest Creek Diggings—Official Quarters—Castlemaine—Squatters v. ..."
6. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1853)
"The Judge directed the jury to consider whether the defendant really and bona
fide intended to make a sawpit, or was merely digging a hole for the purpose ..."
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