tooling verbal noun. ['tu:lɪŋ] L17.
[from TOOL verb + -ING¹.]
1. Provision of tools; tools collectively. Only in L17.

2. The action of TOOL verb; workmanship performed with some special tool; spec. (a) the dressing of stone with a broad chisel; elaborate ornamental carving in stone or wood; (b) the impressing of ornamental designs on leather (esp. on the covers of books) with heated tools or stamps; the designs so formed. L17.
blind tooling: see BLIND adjective.
b. The process of designing and supplying the machine tools needed for a product or model; these tools collectively. M20.

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