Explore common tools once used in trades but now mostly obsolete. This easy crossword puzzle is perfect for middle school students learning about historical tools and equipment.
Forgotten Craft Tools of Antiquity is a medium crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Forgotten Craft Tools of Antiquity
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- 2. Device used for weaving threads into cloth
- 3. Partly formed leather piece shaped and stretched on a last
- 4. Device or person involved in twisting fibers into yarn
- 5. Tools used in rope-making or netting to separate strands
- 8. Large scissors traditionally used in sheep shearing
- 10. Hand tool with a sharp blade used for carving or cutting wood or stone
- 14. Tool for smoothing or shaping wood's surface by shaving thin layers
- 16. Small flat tool used by masons to apply and smooth mortar
- 17. Coarse file used in woodworking and metalworking to shape material
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- 1. Pointed tool used by cobblers and leatherworkers to punch holes
- 6. Stone tool used to grind pigments or grains by circular motion
- 7. Craftsman who made arrows by attaching feathers
- 9. Long-handled tool with a curved blade used for mowing grass or grain
- 11. Traditional African hand tool used in gold panning
- 12. Ancient woodworking tool shaped like an axe with a curved blade
- 13. Small flat board used by painters to mix colors
- 15. Worker who converted hides into leather by treating them chemically
- 18. Sculpting tool with a curved blade for cutting hollows
- 19. Machine that spins wood for shaping by chiseling, now largely mechanized
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