ripping chisel

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   a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises

   Broaderchisel

   Part ofripping bar

Questions about ripping chisel

What does ripping chisel mean?

ripping chisel means "a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises".

Is ripping chisel a common word?

ripping chisel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.