Definition of Troweling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of trowel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Troweling

1. trowel [v] - See also: trowel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Troweling

trove
trover
trovers
troves
trow
trowable
trowed
trowel
trowel machine
trowel machines
troweled
troweler
trowelers
trowelful
trowelfuls
troweling (current term)
trowelled
troweller
trowellers
trowelling
trowels
trowelsful
trowing
trowl
trowled
trowling
trowls
trows
trowse
trowsed

Literary usage of Troweling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Inspection of Concrete Construction: Containing Practical by Jerome Cochran (1913)
"Considerable skill is required in troweling to prevent the formation of hair-cracks by over-troweling, and to insure a surface which will not wear easily as ..."

2. A Treatise on Roads and Pavements by Ira Osborn Baker (1913)
"In troweling, particular care must be taken to consolidate the edges of the ... The troweling should be done so that when a 4-foot straight edge is laid in ..."

3. A Treatise on Roads and Pavements by Ira Osborn Baker (1903)
"In troweling, particular care must be taken to consolidate the edges of the ... The troweling should be done so that when a 4-foot straight edge is laid in ..."

4. Concrete by Edward Godfrey (1908)
"After hard troweling to a smooth surface a toothed roller is passed over the surface to give it a somewhat roughened surface. The advantages in this kind of ..."

5. Concrete Construction: Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette, Charles Shattuck Hill (1908)
"troweling, that is troweling without grout wash, requires, of course, ... As troweling is seldom required except for tops of copings and corners it is ..."

6. Concrete Construction: Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette, Charles Shattuck Hill (1908)
"troweling, that is troweling without grout wash, requires, of course, ... As troweling is seldom required except for tops of copings and corners it is ..."

7. Structural Engineering by Edward Godfrey (1908)
"To overcome the tension due to troweling, where the pavement is troweled, and to roughen the surface it may be broomed or brushed with a corn brush just ..."

8. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"Another practice that results in dusting is that of troweling the surface too much. If floors could be laid with a minimum or possibly without any ..."

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