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: a handsaw with a very narrow blade held under tension in a U-shaped frame and used especially for cutting curves in wood
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He gently and carefully shapes a seat with a coping saw before carving its shape.
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Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
Next, use a coping saw to back-cut the molding along its contoured profile .
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
Marc Bona, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
Next, use a coping saw to back-cut the molding along its contoured profile .
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
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Etymology
from present participle of cope entry 4
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Coping saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coping%20saw. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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