E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Tool.
To tool a coach. To drive one; generally applied to a gentleman Jehu, who undertakes for his own amusement to drive a stage-coach. To tool is to use the tool as a workman; a coachman’s tools are the reins and whip with which he tools his coach or makes his coach go.
