drove
9.9
A broad chisel used by stone workers to smooth stone
- noun
- Archaic
:
cincel de cantero
Examples
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Kalish hated the narrow passageway and was careful guiding Zelda past jostling vehicles and droves of cattle.
Fiction book (2001) -
The stonemason carefully selected the right drove to smooth the rough edges of the granite block.
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Using a drove, he shaped the stone to fit perfectly into the architectural design.
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In his workshop, the craftsman displayed several types of drove for different stoneworking tasks.
Synonyms
9.8
A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces
has identical meaning but is a shorter single word form
Compounds
drove chisel
- Specialized
9.8
A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the stonemason's drove is to link it to the verb drive: the broad chisel is 'driven' into the stone to shape and smooth it, so a drove is a tool for dressing stone.
