Undersawyer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.
"As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer."
Example
More examples"As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer."
Etymology
From under- + sawyer.
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