crosscut handsaw

1. 1.

   handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)

   Synonymscrosscut sawcutoff saw

   Broaderhandsaw

Questions about crosscut handsaw

What does crosscut handsaw mean?

crosscut handsaw means "handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)".

What is another word for crosscut handsaw?

Close synonyms include crosscut saw, cutoff saw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crosscut handsaw a common word?

crosscut handsaw is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.