plain-saw

plain-saw ▶verb ( past participle plain-sawed |-sôd | or plain-sawn |-sôn | ) [ with obj. ] saw (timber ) tangential to the growth rings, so that the rings make angles of less than 45 ° with the faces of the boards produced: [ as adj., in combination ] (-sawn ) : plain-sawn logs. DERIVATIVES plain saw ing noun