1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
3. (Founding)
Defn: A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade
bayonet, under Spade.
— Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.
TROWELED
Trow"eled.
Defn: Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]
TROWELFUL
Trow"el*ful, n.; pl. Trowelfuls (.
Defn: As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
TROWL
Trowl, n.
Defn: See Troll.