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Definition of Drove chisel
1. Noun. A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drove Chisel
Literary usage of Drove chisel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1908)
"Other forms of chisels, used only on soft stone and driven with the wooden mallet,
are shown in Figs. 3 and 9. Tooth chisel.—A chisel like the drove chisel, ..."
2. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"Other forms of chisels, used only on soft stone and driven with the wooden mallet,
are shown in Figs. 3 and 9. Tooth chisel.—A chisel like the drove chisel, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Drove work is done by the drove chisel, which cuts shallow grooves sidewise, the
edge of the tool 055 of dressing are known ; thus, Picked, ..."
4. Trade Foundations Based on Producing Industries (1919)
"For dressing hard stone, the point- toothed chisel should be used, while the
blunt drove chisel can be used on softer stone. The machine planer and cutter ..."
5. The Collection of Building and Ornamental Stones in the U.S. National Museum by George Perkins Merrill (1889)
"A chisel like the drove chisel, but with the edge toothed like a saw (see Fig.
1, Pl. v), used only on soft stones like marble and sandstones. Point. ..."
6. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"... used only on soft stones, and serving much the same purpose as the tooth ax.
At (c) is shown a drove chisel, 2 or 3 inches wide at the ..."
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