rip-saw

noun

1. a saw for cutting wood with the grain.

verb (used with object), rip·sawed, rip·sawed or rip·sawn, rip·saw·ing.

2. to saw (wood) in such a manner.

noun

1. a handsaw for cutting along the grain of timber

n.

“a hand saw, the teeth of which have more rake and less set than a cross-cut saw, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain,” 1846, from rip (n.) “split timber” (see rip (v.) + saw (n.1)).