Trowel
Trowel , noun
[Old English truel, Old French truele, French truelle, Late Latin truella, Latin trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Greek {not transcribed} a stirrer, ladle, German quirl a stirrer, Middle High German twirel, Old High German dwiril, Icelandic þvara, Anglo-Saxon þwiril. Compare Twirl.]
1.
A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2.
A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
3.
(Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.