'Trowel bayonet' definitions:

Definition of 'Trowel bayonet'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold. [1913 Webster]
  • Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
  • Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'trowel bayonet'

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  • Spade \Spade\, n. [AS. spaed; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[eth]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at cards, Spathe, Spatula.]
  • 1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. "With spade and pickax armed." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. [1913 Webster]
  • "Let spades be trumps!" she said. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. [1913 Webster]
  • Spade bayonet, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also trowel bayonet.
  • Spade handle (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under Knuckle. [1913 Webster]