tooling

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The tools and equipment provided to make something in a factory or to build software.

   Like getting all the right kitchen equipment ready before you start cooking.

   The factory spent millions on new tooling for the assembly line.

   Good tooling makes it much easier to build software.

   Similarequipment

2. 2
   noununcountable

   Patterns or designs pressed or cut into a surface with a tool.

   Like the patterns you press into clay with a stamp.

   The leather wallet had beautiful tooling around the edges.

   She admired the gold tooling on the old book's cover.

   Similarembossing, ornamentation

3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of tool. Use this form for something happening right now.

   She is tooling the leather to make a belt.

   The workers are tooling the parts by hand.

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