sawing lengthwise
Refers to cutting timber or lumber along the grain. A technical term used in woodworking and carpentry.
この材木は挽き割りに適している。
This lumber is suitable for lengthwise sawing.
Search-only kana form; the word is normally written with kanji.
Compound of 挽き (hiki, 'sawing', continuative form of 挽く) and 割り (wari, 'splitting', continuative form of 割る).