The Collaborative International Dictionary
tenant saw
Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See Tenable.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk.
Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a
brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly
written tenant saw.]
--Gwilt.
Wiktionary
tenant saw
n. A tenon saw.
Usage examples of "tenant saw".
The English lieu- tenant saw the ape-man flash by him like the wind.