noun
A saw designed for cutting wood along the grain (rip cutting).
大工さんは縦挽き鋸で板を切った。
The carpenter cut the board with a ripsaw.
A crosscut saw, used for cutting across the grain, as opposed to 縦挽き鋸 which cuts along the grain.
Compound of 縦 (tate, 'vertical, lengthwise') + 挽き (biki, 'sawing', from 挽く) + 鋸 (noko, 'saw').