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tooling, vbl. n.|ˈtuːlɪŋ|
[f. tool n. and v. + -ing1.]
†1. Provision of tools; tools collectively. Obs.
1673Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 210 By such time as he and his are fitted with Clothing, Teething and Tooling, his money is gone.
2. The action of the verb tool; workmanship performed with some special tool; spec.
a. The dressing of stone with a broad chisel; also, elaborate ornamental carving in stone or wood.
1815J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 218 The larger sizes of chisels obtain the name of tools, the act of using them is called tooling, and the stone to which they have been applied is said to be tooled. 1840–1De Quincey Style & Rhet. Wks. 1858 XI. 31 The fine tooling, and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist. 1891Edin. Rev. July 110 The tooling of the Haram stones is peculiar, and is the same found on the later Carthaginian monuments.
b. Bookbinding. The impressing of ornamental designs upon the covers of books by means of heated tools or stamps; also applied to the designs so formed: either with gilding (gold-tooling or gilt-tooling) or without it (blind-tooling: blind a. 16).
1821G. Ormerod Let. to J. G. Nichols May in Pearson's Catal. (1886) No. 60, I would not have any lettering or tooling on the back. 1847L. Hunt Men, Women, & B. II. vi. 78 The charms of vellums, tall copies, and blind tooling. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Gold-tooling, ornaments impressed by the hot-tool upon gold-leaf laid on book-covers. 1893Q. Rev. July 187 The tooling in gold introduced at this time..came originally from the East.
c. The process of designing and supplying the machine tools needed for a product or model; also concr., these tools collectively.
1939Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 12/3 (Advt.), Experience should include the setting up and tooling of automatic and turret lathes. 1940Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 14/8 War plants emerge from the ‘tooling up’ phase into production. 1958Times Rev. Industry June 57/2 A minimum of three-year development time is necessary..through all stages of design, prototypes, testing and tooling. 1963Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Oct., Dayton Reliable Tool & Manufacturing Co...has switched 90% of its manufacturing to making tooling for turning out pull-open devices. 1967L. B. Archer in Wills & Yearsley Handbk. Management Technol. 125 Should we begin to sell at a high price to recover our tooling costs quickly? 1977G. V. Higgins Dreamland xii. 150, I had earned commissions in hand, from cleaning out Vulcan's obsolete tooling.
3. Comb., as tooling-gouge, tooling-iron.
1873Tooling-gouge, 1876 Tooling-iron [see tool v. 1]. |