hewn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make or shape as with an axe
    hew out; hew.
    • hew out a path in the rock
  2. verb strike with an axe; cut down, strike
    hew.
    • hew an oak
  3. adjective satellite cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
    hand-hewn.
    • a house built of hewn logs
    • rough-hewn stone
    • a path hewn through the underbrush

WordNet


Hewn adjective
Definitions
  1. Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
  2. Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.

Webster 1913