Drove Chisel

Drove Chisel is a tool used by stonemasons for smoothing off roughly finished stones. When first cut from the quarry, stones are frequently have large grooves, droves, left from the splitting process. The droving chisel is used for the next stage, rendering flat the surface of the stone.

This tool article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Masonry Tool stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Exoelectron Tea seed oil Look at other dictionaries: drove chisel — Drove Drove, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. [1913 Webster] 2. Any collection of irrational …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English drove chisel — noun a stonemason s chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone • Syn: ↑drove • Hypernyms: ↑chisel * * * noun see drove I, 4a * * * drove chisel, = drove2 (def. 3a). (Cf. ↑ …   Useful english dictionary drove — drove1 [drōv] n. [ME < OE draf < drifan, DRIVE] 1. a number of cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. driven or moving along as a group; flock; herd 2. a moving crowd of people usually used in pl. 3. a) a broad faced chisel for grooving or dressing… …   English World dictionary Drove — Drove, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. [1913 Webster] 2. Any collection of irrational… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English drove work — Drove Drove, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. [1913 Webster] 2. Any collection of irrational …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drove — Drove, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.] 1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. He s droving now with Conroy s sheep along the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English drove — I. /droʊv / (say drohv) verb past tense of drive. II. /droʊv / (say drohv) noun 1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group. 2. (usually plural) a large crowd of human beings, especially in motion. 3. Building Trades a. Also, drove… …   drove — drove1 /drohv/, v. pt. of drive. drove2 /drohv/, n., v., droved, droving. n. 1. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock. 2. Usually, droves. a large crowd of human beings, esp. in motion: They came to Yankee Stadium in… …   Universalium drove — I [[t]droʊv[/t]] v. pt. of drive II drove [[t]droʊv[/t]] n. v. droved, drov•ing 1) ahb. a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock 2) Usu., droves. a large crowd of human beings, esp. in motion 3) bui Also called drove′ chis …   From formal English to slang drove —    In carving stone, a flat chisel with a broad head generally used only for rough hewing. Also, a stone surface dressed with such a chisel. Also see claw chisel and tools …   Glossary of Art Terms 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”