handsawing

English

Noun

handsawing (uncountable)

1. The action of sawing timber with a handsaw.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110:

     The ironbark, splendid timber in itself, was almost hopeless as a material for hand-sawing.