trowel

Noun · Verb
US[trou-wel]/ˈtraʊwɛl/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materialsType of hand toolKinds plastering trowel, slick, garden trowel, brick trowel, pointing trowel

Verb (1)trowelled, trowelling, troweled

  1. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster workMore general dig, delve
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Trow′el noun

Origin: OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. … a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl.

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

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

3. Founding A tool used for smoothing a mold.

Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. — Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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