Definitions
use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
Word origin
From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo.
Used in a sentence
“I need to dig a hole for these begonias; would you pass me that trowel?”
“He troweled the coarse mix with a twist, leaving a pattern of arcs.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Small hand tool”6 letters
02“Mason's hand tool”6 letters
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