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• cold chisel
  cold chisel

  noun

  a steel chisel used on cold metal.
• cold-chisel
  cold-chisel

  verb (used with object)

  to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.

cold chisel

¹ American  

noun

1. a steel chisel used on cold metal.

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cold-chisel ² American  

[kohld-chiz-uhl] / ˈkoʊldˌtʃɪz əl /

verb (used with object)

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

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

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cold chisel British  

noun

1. a toughened steel chisel

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Etymology

Origin of cold-chisel

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

Let the cold chisel away your weakness, leaving behind a lean, wolflike creature ready to take a bite out of life.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2015

The caretaker had to chip it off with a cold chisel.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2011

An effort to analyze her art is like breaking up butterfly wings with a cold chisel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he got a rock, and with a hammer and a screwdriver and cold chisel he etched out a cross and Troop's name and the date of his birth and the date of his death.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he applied a cold chisel and pounded.

From The Year When Stardust Fell by Jones, Raymond F.