sawhorse

English

A sawhorse.

Etymology

From saw +‎ horse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɔː.hɔː(ɹ)s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɔ.hɔɹs/

Noun

sawhorse (plural sawhorses)

1. A structure with a crosspiece used to support timber or other material for working.

   Synonyms: sawbuck, saw-stool, saw-trestle

Translations

device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material

• Bavarian: Schragl n, Schragn f
• Bulgarian: магаре (bg) n (magare)
• Catalan: cavallet (ca)
• Czech: koza (cs) f
• Finnish: pukki (fi), sahapukki (fi)
• French: tréteau (fr) m
• Galician: cabalete (gl) m
• German: Sägebock (de) m
• Greek: καβαλέτο (el) n (kavaléto)
• Irish: binse sábhadóireachta m
• Japanese: 馬 (ja) (uma)
• Korean: 말 (ko) (mal)
• Macedonian: магарица f (magarica)
• Polish: kozioł (pl) m, koziołek (pl) m
• Portuguese: cavalete (pt) m
• Romanian: capră (ro) f
• Russian: ко́злы (ru) f pl (kózly)
• Spanish: burro (es) m
• Swedish: sågbock (sv) c

Further reading

• sawhorse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• asswhore