chiselとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).

名詞

A wood chisel

chisel (複数形 chisels)

1. A cutting tool consisting of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer or mallet.

参考

• burin
• gouge
• graver

動詞

chisel (三人称単数 現在形 chisels, 現在分詞 chiseling または chiselling, 過去形および過去分詞形 chiseled または chiselled)

1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

3. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

使用する際の注意点

chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

派生語

• chiseler, chiseller
• chisel in on