trowel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trowel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for trowel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trowel 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trowel \Trow"el\, n. [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. [thorn]vara, AS. [thorn]wiril. 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}.