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hand tool

1

noun

  1. any tool or implement designed for manual operation.


hand-tool

2

[ hand-tool ]

verb (used with object)

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Example Sentences

The tools they use are very primitive; the hoe being the principal hand-tool, and the plough of ancient use for animal power.

A wood-cutting hand tool that is curved in its cross-section.

He also found boots and rubber gloves, a small hand shovel, and an ordinary garden hand tool with three prongs.

Whatever the cause, the result did not persist long as a guide to hand-tool design.

This quest motivated three centuries of toolmakers and brought vitality to hand-tool design.

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