mortise chisel

noun

framing chisel.

Origin of mortise chisel

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby mortise chisel

mortification, mortify, mortimer, mortise, mortise block, mortise chisel, mortise joint, mortise lock, mortling, mortmain, morton

Example sentences from the Web for mortise chisel

  • That appeared to offer a difficulty, as great as the absence of an auger or a mortise-chisel.

    The Cliff Climbers |Captain Mayne Reid

  • The axe-head was shaped like an elongated wedge or mortise-chisel, and was fastened to the haft by coco-nut fibre.

    The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead |James George Frazer

  • The mortise-chisel, Fig. 68, is made abnormally thick to give the stiffness necessary for levering the waste out of mortises.

    Handwork in Wood |William Noyes