A saw designed for cutting wood along the grain (rip cutting).
The carpenter cut the board with a ripsaw.
Standard kanji spelling for a ripsaw.
Variant spelling omitting okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 縦 (tate, 'vertical, lengthwise') + 挽き (biki, 'sawing', from 挽く) + 鋸 (noko, 'saw').