Definitions for "Sawbuck"
Keywords:  sawhorse
A sawhorse.
Keywords:  sawn, stove, handy, fireplace, usable
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
a handy device for safely cutting wood to length
A sawbuck is device for holding rough wood so that it may be sawn into pieces of length usable in a stove or fireplace. Easily made in the field from rough material, it consists of two "X" forms, one at each end, which are stabilized by a central piece. The stock to be cut is placed in the upward facing "V"s of the end pieces where it may then be sawn.
Keywords:  dollar, ten, twenty, sentence, double
a ten-dollar bill; also, double sawbuck, a twenty-dollar bill.
10 year sentence. 10 dollars.
ten dollars.
Keywords:  firewood, bolted, shape, frame, table
a sawing horse used for cutting up firewood, the legs at each end of which are crossed and bolted in an X-shape
Table frame or base with X-shaped supports.
Table frame or base having X-shaped supports.