• Tooled

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /tuːld/

    Origin

    From tool + -ed.

    Verb

    tooled
    1. tooled

      (past of tool)

    Full definition of tooled

    Adjective

    tooled

    1. Worked with a tool.
    2. (bookbinding) Impressed with an ornamental design.
      • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 22:A few sets of tooled leather bindings were set out on narrow polished tables, between book ends.
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