Tooled ppl. a.

[f. TOOL v. + -ED¹.] Worked or shaped with a tool; spec. in Bookbinding: see TOOL v. 1 b.

1

1815. [see TOOLING 2].

2

1837. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., I. 72/1. Tooling is also practised upon wall stones, when they cost as much as common hewing or tooled work.

3

1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, VIII. 895. A copy bound in scarlet silk, Tooled edges, blazoned with the arms of Leigh.

4

1893. Q. Rev., July, 200. Specimens of their handiwork in tooled morocco.

5