Dictionary

sawhorse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔ.hɔɹs/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈsɑ.hɔɹs/ (Canada, US, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈsɒ.hɔɹs/ (Canada, US, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈsɔː.hɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English saw Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English sawhorse From saw + horse.

Meanings

1. A structure with a crosspiece used to support timber or other material for working.
   • The sit-in Monday began around 9 a.m. after a spirited march through the financial district […] Though police had set up sawhorses at all five entrances to the Stock Exchange, women sat down in the pathways left open by police and attempted to talk with stock traders and others as they stepped over, or pushed through, blockaders. 1984 December 8, Loie Hayes, “Lesbians, Feminists Take It To Wall Street”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 3:

Forms

Synonyms

saw-trestle · sawbuck · saw-stool

Translations (26)

ja 馬 (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · ca cavallet (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · el καβαλέτο (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · sv sågbock (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · cs koza (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · pt cavalete (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · nl bok (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · nl zaagbok (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · fi pukki (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · ko 말 (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · fi sahapukki (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · ru ко́злы (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · gl cabalete (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · cy march llifio (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · mk магарица (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · pl kozioł (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · es burro (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · bg магаре (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · bar Schragn (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · pl koziołek (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · bar Schragl (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · it cavalletto (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · de Sägebock (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · ga binse sábhadóireachta (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · ro capră (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material) · fr tréteau (device used to temporarily raise and support pieces of material)