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Sawhorse
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A sawhorse (also spelled saw horse or saw-horse) is a wooden trestle used as a stable support for the sawing (or other carpentry work) of material such as wooden planks, boards, etc.
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[edit] Construction
A sawhorse consists of two A-frames that are connected with one, two or more horizontal beams. The top beam is usually widest and is used as a platform. A sawhorse resembles, in a way, a four-legged animal (hence the name horse) and is usually about the height of a table. Sawhorses usually come in pairs of equal height so that longer material can be placed on the top of the two sawhorses.
[edit] Sawhorses and spanking
Sawhorses are often stored in a woodshed or similar place where carpentry works are done. They can, at least in theory, be used as a makeshift birching horse or birching donkey. A spankee can be laid over the sawhorse sideways (bent over) or lengthways (straddling). Optionally, the spankee can be restrained, usually by straps, by the torso, wrists, ankles and/or thighs.
In practice the lack of padding is a major disadvantage, as well as the edgy construction and the often rough, unfinished surface that can easily draw splinters. A thick blanket thrown over the sawhorse could theoretically improve those flaws to some degree. Still, it can not be compared to a well-designed and padded punishment horse.
[edit] Sawhorses as torture devices
In BDSM, sawhorses are sometimes also used as a torture device. The victim is made to straddle a high sawhorse, as if riding it, such that their feet are off the floor and their full weight presses on their crotch. After a while, it will become very painful.
A similar, but more cruel, device was used for real torture and for military corporal punishment in the 16th to 19th century. It was called Spanish horse. The beam on which the victim was made to straddle was wedge shaped and sometimes equipped with metal spikes. Weights were hung at the victim's legs to increase the pain further. Such torture could lead to severe injury in the genital and anal area, and sometimes to death.
