a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
[ 1905-10 ]
PIT SAWING
Meaning of PIT SAWING in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012