coping saw

English

Noun

coping saw (plural coping saws)

A thin-bladed saw for cutting wood into curved shapes.
- 1998, Alan Bridgewater, How to Use & Care for Woodworking Tools, page 11:
  The coping saw, with its small U-shaped metal frame and 6-inch-long 14-point blade, is in a good many respects a bow saw in miniature.

Translations

a saw for cutting wood into curved shapes

Finnish: lehtisaha (fi)
French: scie à chantourner (fr)

Maori: kani ānau

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