0 a powerful tool that is held in the hand and operates by air pressure, used for breaking hard surfaces such as roads --
1 a jackhammer --
Pneumatic drill usage can also lead to a predisposition for development of carpal tunnel syndrome.
The ordinary man is assailed by a wide variety of noises, from his neighbour's loudspeaker to the pneumatic drill in the street and the jet aircraft overhead.
Many people who now suffer this noise nuisance will, instead of having the continuous effect of a pneumatic drill outside their houses, have the equivalent of 40-ton lorries.
I am informed that the necessary equipment is on order for the one pneumatic drill now in occasional use, but that it has not yet been installed.
It is not only its volume but the character of the noise which is unsettling and juddering, like a pneumatic drill, whether in residential areas or quiet country lanes.
I should have thought it not impossible to have an electric drill which would be less of a nuisance than the pneumatic drill.
I do not believe that one pneumatic drill has yet entered the earth to make a start on one of these roads.
It was found that the electric road breaker was much quieter in operation even than the pneumatic drill which was muffled.
