sawyer's shed; sawpit shed
Historical term for a small structure where a sawyer (木挽) worked, typically used in pre-modern Japan for sawing lumber by hand.
A sawyer's shed from the Edo period has been reconstructed at this museum.
Refers to the sawyer or the act of sawing wood, while 木挽小屋 is the shed where the work was done.
Compound of 木挽 (こびき, 'sawyer' or 'wood sawing') and 小屋 (こや, 'hut' or 'shed'). The term is historically associated with traditional Japanese carpentry and lumber processing.