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Sally Saw

A sally saw is a portable, mechanical, motorized saw. It was made obsolete by the invention of the chainsaw.

It was used for limbing (removing branches from the stem of a felled tree), and bucking (cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs).

Usage examples of "sally saw".

And Marvin did, but not before Sally saw a switchblade flash in his hand, which made her flesh crawl as she fell forward limply in the chair.

The first thing Sally saw when she regained consciousness was George's worried face.

The lower gallery was a mass of colour, and the newly framed paintings were so skilfully hung that even Sally saw them in a new light.

Joe and Sally saw a grim little knot of security men escorting four civilians \o a flight of wooden steps that Joe remembered.

She would die first before calling attention to herself, but as they blew the whistle for chow, and she got off her bunk, Sally saw that Grace was in trouble.