chiselling

verb

1. (British, form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of chisel

noun

1. A piece of work produced using a chisel.

   “We are justified in considering Parkes as our own; for, here he served his time; here he received instructions in modelling from Sherwin, the pupil of Smyth, whose chisellings and figures adorn so many of our public buildings […]”