chainsaw
A mechanical saw with teeth linked in a chain, used for cutting wood. The loanword チェーンソー is more common in modern Japanese.
See also: チェーンソー
In forestry, a chainsaw is an indispensable tool.
He cut the thick log with a chainsaw.
Standard kanji spelling for 'chainsaw'.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; the second kanji 鋸 is sometimes written as のこ for readability.
Compound of 鎖 (くさり, 'chain') and 鋸 (のこ, 'saw'). The reading くさりのこ is a straightforward combination of the two elements.