sawyer

Lumber mill worker

A sawyer is a person whose work is sawing timber into boards or planks.

The term dates from when lumber was cut by hand, often with two workers operating a long saw over a pit.

Sawyer also names a tree or log caught in a river, bobbing up and down with the current—a hazard to navigation.

The sawyer worked the mill from dawn to dusk. (Capitalized Sawyer is a surname.)

lumber

sawpit

Trench for splitting timber

pitsawTwo-person lumber blade
whipsawTwo-person timber cutter
loggingRecording system events

timber · bucking · crosscut · logs · hardwood · softwood

woodworking

ripping

Tearing with force

crosscutPerpendicular timber cut
kerfIncision from a blade
miterTall liturgical headdress

tenon · dovetail · coping · fret · frame · joinery · cabinetmaker · carpentry · chisel · plane

beetle

longhorn

Breed with lateral horns

woodborerInsect that tunnels timber
larvaImmature feeding stage
timberWood for construction

infestation · galleries · frass · hardwood · softwood · pest · forestry · emergence · holes · grub

Categories

job surnamesbaker, barber, butcher, butler, carpenter
craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
Old Jobsblacksmith, farrier, wheelwright, chandler, apothecary
old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
old tradesblacksmith, blacksmithing, cooper, carpentry, cobbler
lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, axe, felling, skidder

Opposites

wood processing role

sawyertree planter

One who cultivates seedlings

silviculturist · forester · arborist · conservationist · forest ranger

construction vs. destruction of wooden objects

sawyercarpenter

Timber construction tradesperson

cabinetmaker · woodworker · joiner · builder · assembler

Phrases

Family

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