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the flat little blade that builds cathedrals and demolishes garden weeds with equal indifference
means A small hand tool with a flat or scoop-shaped blade, used for spreading mortar and plaster or for digging and turning soil.
from From Old French 'truele,' descending from Late Latin 'truella,' a diminutive of Latin 'trua,' a stirring-spoon or ladle — so the trowel began life as a little kitchen scoop before it graduated to slapping mortar between bricks.
- masonry
- Single tool that laid every brick in history
- archaeology
- Diggers prize Marshalltown brands like sacred relics
- etymology
- From Latin trulla, meaning small scoop
- versions
- Pointing, margin, and gauging types each specialize
- competitions
- Bricklayers race to lay walls fastest, trowels flying
for instance
pharaoh's golden trowel — used by egyptian pharaohs during pyramid foundation ceremonies, symbolizing divine authority over construction
masonic grand master trowel — ornate trowel used in freemasonry cornerstone ceremonies, most famously at u.s. capitol building 1793