saw n EDD ~ sb 1 (4) ~ box So D.
Comb saw-box: detachable handle at lower end of a pit-saw.
1975 BUTLER 60 The men were kept busy all winter long using a pit saw to saw logs. Those two men were considered principal men. They were called sawyers. A pit saw was six to seven feet long with a stationary handle on the top end and a handle called a saw box that could be detached from the lower end of the saw.
saw-dog: frame on which plank is laid to be sawn (1971 NOSEWORTHY 240).
saw-gallows: frame against which newly-sawn planks are laid to dry; GALLOWS, WOOD ~ .
[1771] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 86 The sawyers were occupied in hauling home some boards, and making fresh pits, or more properly speaking, saw-gallows.
