trowel
noun
any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
trowelling
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present participleof trowel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The Italian version of As Tears Go By has real value to Stones fans, as it has a substantially different arrangement to their orginal English-language recording, trowelling on the medieval knight-in-shining-armour Lady Jane shtick.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2011
Much depends upon the workmen giving it sufficient labour, and trowelling it down.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
No matter that the larva will perish by this untimely trowelling: the moment has come to wall up the door; the door is walled up.
From The Mason-Bees by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
