TROWEL

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

2.
n.

A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

3.
n.

A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. -- Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.


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