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trowelling

alt. (context British English) (present participle of trowel English) vb. (context British English) (present participle of trowel English)

WordNet
trowel
  1. n. a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials

  2. v. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work

  3. [also: trowelling, trowelled]

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Usage examples of "trowelling".

Through the study window I could see Laura squatting in front of a flower bed industriously trowelling in a boxful of snapdragons.

My painting has for some years now been all about raw emotion, of trowelling and pummelling the paint on to the canvas so that it becomes the undulating topography of my emotions.