adzing
/ˈædzɪŋ/
verb
- To shape or dress a surface (especially wood) with an adze, a tool similar to an axe but with a blade set at a right angle to the handle.
- He learned adzing logs to make them fit together tightly.
- The old craftsman was adzing a canoe hull from a single tree trunk.
- The carpenter spent the morning adzing the beams for the cabin.