quartersaw

quartersaw [kwawr-ter-saw] Word Origin verb (used with object), quar·ter·sawed, quar·ter·sawed or quar·ter·sawn, quar·ter·saw·ing.

1. to saw (lumber) from quarter sections of logs so that the annual rings in any board form at least a 45° angle with the faces of the board.

Origin of quartersaw First recorded in 1905–10; quarter + saw1 British Dictionary definitions for quartersaw quartersaw verb -saws, -sawing, -sawed, -sawed or -sawn

1. (tr) to saw (timber) into quarters along two diameters of a log at right angles to each other