trowel
trow wel
- n a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
- v use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
- A hammer of solid gold, its haft of carved ivory, studded with rubies, emeralds, aquamarines, lapis lazuli and engraved with solemn mottoes; a trowel, also of gold, also .
- The trowel, suitably engraved, hangs over his mantel.
- With Dead Man Walking I had to put my trowel in the ground and go through rock, shale and stone to make every argument.