U.S. [a. Du. zaag-boc, G. sägebock, or shortly bock; the same word as bock goat; so F. chèvre.] A frame or stand of two crotches connected by bars, serving as a rest for pieces of wood while being cross-cut; a saw-buck.
1860. in Bartlett, Dict. Amer.
In Comb. buck-saw, a heavy kind of frame-saw used with a buck.