bow saw

See also: bowsaw

English

A metal-framed bow saw

Noun

bow saw (plural bow saws)

1. A lightweight metal-framed saw in the shape of a bow with a removable coarse wide blade, used for cutting tree trunks.
2. A woodworking saw used for straight or curved cuts.

Synonyms

• (metal-framed saw with coarse blade): Finn saw, Swede saw
• (woodworking saw): frame saw, buck saw, turning saw

Translations

for tree trunks, Swede saw

• Catalan: serra d'arc f
• Finnish: kaarisaha (fi), pokasaha (fi)
• French: scie à archet (fr) f
• Galician: serra de arco f
• German: Bügelsäge (de) f
• Italian: sega ad arco f
• Portuguese: arco de serra f
• Russian: лучковая пила́ f (lučkovaja pilá)
• Spanish: sierra de arco f
• Swedish: bågsåg c

woodworking saw

• Finnish: kehäsaha
• French: sciotte (fr) m
• Swedish: ramsåg c

See also

• jig saw
• scroll saw

Further reading

• bow saw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• frame saw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bucksaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:bow saws on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:frame saws on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons