dragsaw - A dragsaw is an early reciprocating saw using a six foot steel crosscut saw to buck logs to length. Prior to the popularization of the chainsaw during the Second World War, the dragsaw was a manner of taking the hard work out of cutting wood. The Egg and I - Betty MacDonald "The dragsaw barked and smoked dangerously but its sturdy little arm pulled the blade back and forth with speed and skill and the great wooden wheels rolled off and Bob split them with the sledge hammer and wedg...