sawpit

• Foso o excavación sobre el cual se colocan troncos para ser aserrados por dos hombres con una sierra larga de doble mango, uno arriba y otro dentro del hoyo.

A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men using a long two-handed saw.

1. SawpitC2formal

   A pit over which timber is placed to be cut by two workers using a long two-handed saw.

   Foso de aserrado

   • The old sawpit was still visible in the forest.
   • They dug a sawpit to cut the large logs.
   • Working in a sawpit was a common job in the 19th century.