A wooden stand used to support logs or lumber while sawing. Common in traditional woodworking and carpentry.
The carpenter placed the log on the sawhorse and started sawing.
Standard kanji spelling; 木挽き means 'sawing wood' and 台 means 'stand'.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; rarely seen.
Compound of 木挽き (kobiki, 'sawing wood') + 台 (dai, 'stand'). The term is transparently derived from its components.