noun

crandall

noun

A hand tool with a bundle of pointed steel bars at the head, used for roughening the face of stone before it is set.

"The stonemason used a crandall to give the block a textured finish."

verb

To rough up the surface of stone using this kind of hammer.

"He crandalled the block until the surface had an even, pitted texture."

How to Use Crandall

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA specialist stonemason's hammer with a spiky head, used (as a verb) for texturing cut stone.

When to use it

A trade term — rarely seen outside masonry and stonework contexts.

crandalled past tense, crandalls plural, Crandalls plural, crandalls singular

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