sawback
nounEtymology From saw + back.
› A back (dorsal, spinal, or spinelike aspect)…
1
Often A ridge or mountain range whose silhouette is suggestive of sawteeth.
- Holonym: sierra
2
Often A knife, often a machete, whose spine has sawteeth.
- sawback knife sawback machete
- Related terms
- saw-edged, sawlike, sawtooth, saw-tooth, saw-toothed, sawtoothed, Montserrat, serrated, serration