n. a log suitable for processing in a sawmill.
- 1799  The saw logs are conveyed to this mill in a very remarkable manner.
- 1826  Upon Saw Logs of the proper length to be cut into Deals, Two pence upon each Log.
- 1883  The square timber and sawlogs are lying many tiers deep on the ice, or piled up on the bank. . . .
- 1964  A.R.M. Lower . . . describes a typical sawlog gang as "two sawyers and three choppers, the latter's duties being at first to fell and to top the limbs, the sawyers cutting into lengths."