cold chisel

¹

noun

1. a steel chisel used on cold metal.

cold-chisel

²

[kohld-chiz-uhl]

verb (used with object)

cold-chiseled, cold-chiseling , cold-chiselled, cold-chiselling .

1. to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.

cold chisel

noun

1. a toughened steel chisel

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold chisel¹

First recorded in 1690–1700