ˈframe-saw
[f. frame n. + saw.]
A thin saw stretched in a frame which gives it sufficient rigidity in its work (Knight).
| 1678 Moxon Mech. Exerc. I. 99 The office of the Cheeks made to the Frame-Saw is, by the twisted Cord and Tongue..to..strain the Blade of the Saw the straighter. 1761 Brit. Mag. II. 299 An oak fructed, proper, having a frame-saw, transversely fixed. 1832 Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxii. (ed. 3) 217 The horny exterior is then cut into three portions with a frame-saw. |