fretsaw

See also: fret saw

English

A fretsaw

Alternative forms

• fret saw

Etymology

From fret +‎ saw.

Noun

fretsaw (plural fretsaws)

1. A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 77:

     She led Dr Grimsby out to the workshop, where Peter was at work on the marquetry table. He had the two veneers clamped together and was cutting the inlay pattern with the finest of fretsaws.

Coordinate terms

• coping saw, a more rectangular version of a fretsaw
• scroll saw, the power version of a fretsaw

Translations

saw

• Catalan: serra de vogir d'arc f
• Danish: løvsav c
• Dutch: figuurzaag (nl) f
• Finnish: kuviosaha (fi)
• French: scie à chantourner (fr) f
• German: Laubsäge (de) f
• Hungarian: lombfűrész (hu)
• Italian: seghetto da traforo m
• Korean: 실톱 (ko) (siltop)
• Maori: kani whakaniko
• Polish: laubzega (pl) f, wyrzynarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: serra de rodear f
• Russian: ло́бзик (ru) m (lóbzik)
• Spanish: segueta (es) f
• Swedish: lövsåg (sv) c
• Thai: เลื่อยฉลุ
• Ukrainian: лобзик (uk) m (lobzyk)

Verb

fretsaw (third-person singular simple present fretsaws, present participle fretsawing, simple past fretsawed, past participle fretsawed or fretsawn)

1. To cut with a fretsaw.

Anagrams

• wafters