sawblade

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

saw +‎ blade

Noun[edit]

sawblade (plural sawblades)

  1. The blade of a saw.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154:
      From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.