ripsaw

See also: rip saw

English

Alternative forms

• rip saw

Etymology

From rip +‎ saw.

Noun

ripsaw (countable and uncountable, plural ripsaws)

1. (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
   • 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5:

     A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.

2. (uncountable, music, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

Synonyms

• rake and scrape (Bahamas)

Antonyms

• crosscut saw

Translations

type of saw

• Finnish: halkaisusaha
• German: Längsschnittsäge f, Spaltsäge f, Fuchsschwanz (de) m, Fuchsschwanzsäge f, Blattspaltsäge f, Schlitzsäge f, Längsaufteilsäge f, Auftrennsäge f, Längssäge f, Besäumsäge f, Trennkreissäge f, Säge zum Längstrennen f, Längskreissäge f, Längs-Aufteilsäge f, Besäumkreissäge f, Tennsäge f, Trennbandsäge f
• Maori: kani aritahi, kani haratua, kani kōreparepa
• Swedish: klyvsåg (sv) c
• Tagalog: lagaring-panistis

Verb

ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)

1. To cut with a ripsaw.

Translations

to cut or saw with the grain of timber

• Maori: kani haratua