gallows n
gallows After cutting down the trees with the bucksaw and flattening the top and bottom with the axe, you'd roll them up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. [Cp DNE gallows n; but here the structure is related to the sawing of lo...
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Summary: | gallows After cutting down the trees with the bucksaw and flattening the top and bottom with the axe, you'd roll them up on a high gallows, then you'd mark with a powder line where you were going to make each saw cut. [Cp DNE gallows n; but here the structure is related to the sawing of logs in a saw pit --a structure against which logs are laid for marking the cuts. Cp DNE gallows n 2, perhaps] G. M. Story FEB. 15 1989 WK PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used Sup |
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