tooled

Drove around casually

Tooled describes leather that has been decorated with impressed designs using special implements: a tooled leather belt, hand-tooled cowboy boots.

In bookbinding, tooled covers feature ornamental patterns pressed into the material.

Separately, tooled is slang for drove or traveled, often at speed: We tooled around town in his convertible.

To get tooled up is to equip oneself, especially with weapons.

leather

embossed

Having raised design

engraved · punched · beveled · etched · inlaid · filigree · scrollwork · fretwork · chiseled · stippled

crafted

handmade

Created manually, not mechanically

fashioned · forged · formed · wrought · worked · hewn · sculpted · produced · built · assembled

machined

precision

Accuracy of measurement

  • latheRotating shaping machine
  • milledProcessed by grinding
  • drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly

turned · bored · ground · fabricated · engineered · manufactured · calibrated · finished · shaped · formed

equipped

outfitted

Supplied with gear

armed · prepared · rigged · furnished · kitted · stocked · fitted · arrayed · decked · accoutered

drove

cruised

Traveled at steady pace

sped · journeyed · drove · rambled · toured · wheeled

Categories
Opposites
equipment/preparation

tooleduntooled

Not machine-shaped

unequipped · unprepared · ill-equipped · unarmed · lacking

vehicle movement

tooledparked

Left in place

stationary · stopped · idled · stalled · sat

leather craftsmanship

tooledplain

Basic and unremarkable

undecorated · untooled · smooth · unworked · unembossed

Phrases
Family

tool, tools, toolbox, tooling, toolmaker, toolmakers, toolboxes, retooling, retooled

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G