sawmill

Etymology

saw + mill

noun

1. A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber.
   He brought his portable sawmill and turned the old beams into interesting flooring.
   The old sawmill still has its waterwheel but they took the saw away years ago.
   The sawmill sells lumber to carpenters and sawdust to gardeners.
   When I came to the saw-mill at Brække, the sky was overcast, it was already growing dark, only above the level of the north-western horizon there appeared a streak of light, which threw a subdued glimmer on the tranquil surface of the mill-pond. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152

verb

1. (transitive) To process (lumber) in a sawmill.