handsaw

See also: hand saw

English

Different sizes of handsaws

Alternative forms

hand saw

Etymology 1

From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand +‎ saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”),German Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”).

Noun

handsaw (plural handsaws)

A saw small enough to be used by one hand.

Coordinate terms

backsaw, a handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge
crosscut saw

Translations

saw small enough to be used by one hand

Afrikaans: handsaag
Albanian: sharrë dore
Azerbaijani: əl bıçqısı, əl mişarı, xırxı
Belarusian: нажо́ўка f (nažóŭka)
Bulgarian: ръчен трион (rǎčen trion)
Catalan: xerrac (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手鋸／手锯 (zh) (shǒujù)
Czech: viděl (cs) f, ruční pila f
Dutch: handzaag (nl) f
Estonian: käsisaag, vukssaag
Finnish: käsisaha (fi)
French: égoïne (fr) f, scie à main f, scie égoïne (fr) f
Galician: serrón m
Georgian: ხელის ხერხი (xelis xerxi)
German: Fuchsschwanz (de) m, Handsäge (de) f
Hindi: देखा (dekhā)
Hungarian: fűrész (hu)
Indonesian: gergaji (id)
Irish: sábh láimhe m
Italian: saracco m
Japanese: 手びきのこ (てびきのこ, tebikinoko), 手のこぎり (てのこぎり, tenokogiri)
Latin: vidit manus
Malay: gergaji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndsag m or f, handsag m or f
Nynorsk: handsag f
Ottoman Turkish: دستره‎ (destere)
Persian: دستره‎ (fa) (dastare), دست اره‎ (dast-arre)
Polish: piła (pl) f
Portuguese: serrote (pt) m
Romanian: fierăstrău de mână n
Russian: ножо́вка (ru) f (nožóvka), ручна́я пила́ f (ručnája pilá)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тестера f
Roman: testera (sh) f
Spanish: serrucho (es) m
Swedish: fogsvans (sv) c, handsåg (sv) c
Tagalog: nakakita, nakita
Thai: ปื้น (bpeuun)
Turkish: testere (tr), destere
Ukrainian: ножі́вка (uk) f (nožívka)
Uzbek: qoʻllarra
Vietnamese: cưa tay
Welsh: llawlif f

Etymology 2

Corruption of heronshaw.

Noun

handsaw (plural handsaws)

(obsolete) A heron.
- c. 1600, Shakespeare, William, “Act II, Scene II”, in Hamlet:
  When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

Anagrams

Dashnaw, Dhawans