ripsaw
verbEtymology From rip + saw.
1
To cut with a ripsaw.
ripsaw
nounEtymology From rip + saw.
1
Arts, Business, Carpentry, Construction, Crafts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Woodworking A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
- A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5:
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, 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
- Antonyms
- crosscut saw