rift-sawn
English
Verb
rift-sawn
- past participle of rift-saw
Adjective
- Alternative form of riftsawn.
- 1999, Dave Gerr, The Elements of Boat Strength: For Builders, Designers, and Owners, →ISBN, page 86:
- There are three important things to keep in mind about the tangential and radial directions in a rift-sawn board.
- 2011, Jeff Strong, Woodworking For Dummies, →ISBN:
- Rift-sawn boards have a straight grain pattern as opposed to the circular pattern of the plain-sawn boards.