spelling of "tooving" for bricks?

[RobertL]

When my (excellent) builder talks about removing a few bricks from a wall to replace them he says "toove them out". But google recognises no such word.

What is the actual word for "digging out a few bricks from a wall" please?

thanks,

Robert

[Andy Burns]

Toothing them out ...

[John Rumm]

Such that the new ones are "toothed in" you mean?

[RobertL]

Ah yes, of course, thanks. My hearing is not what it was :-(

Robert

[Brian Gaff]

Half past six mate Brian..

[Jon Fairbairn]

It may have been a matter of builder diction. Years ago when my hearing was still top-notch it took me a little while to work out what a roddenaye was when a builder asked if I had one.