skip to content

Fleuret

A quarry drilling tool with a steel rod and cutting end used with rock drills or pneumatic hammers.

Short Definition

A quarry drilling tool with a steel rod and cutting end used with rock drills or pneumatic hammers.

Difficulty

intermediate

Language Origin

French

A fleuret is a rock-drilling tool used in quarrying, typically a steel rod with integrated cross-shaped or flat cutting edges. It fits drilling equipment such as pneumatic hammers and perforators and belongs to the extraction technology that precedes the sculptor’s selection of a block.

Etymology

French quarrying term.

References

https://www.pierres-info.fr/glossaire/index.html