mortise chisel

American  

noun

1. framing chisel.

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Etymology

Origin of mortise chisel

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The implements necessary for each man are a belt axe, an ordinary socket mortise chisel one and a quarter inch broad.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

A new mortise chisel, wrapped in a piece of brown paper, lay on a shelf in the room.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

Edge tools are the firmer chisel, the mortise chisel, the socket chisel, the gouge, the hatchet, the adze, the drawing knife.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.