English

Noun

cold chisel ‎(plural cold chisels)

1. a narrow chisel, made of hardened, tempered steel, used for cutting stone etc.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:

     Meanwhile, Macpherson stood just outside the door, holding a cold chisel which he had taken from a dungaree pocket [...] and there Mr. Willison found him.