DCHP-1 Online

Swede-saw [see note]

• n. a type of saw having a bow-like tubular frame and a sharp blade with many cutting teeth, especially efficient in cutting pulpwood and any soft, green wood.

  See also: Swede  Swede bucksaw  Swedish fiddle  Swedish saw  Swedish violin  

  • It has been suggested that this term may have received its name because the original blades were of Swedish steel. It is also possible that the name was applied derisively because the saw was associated with Swedish lumbermen, as may well be the case with Swedish fiddle, Swedish violin, etc. See also Swede.