drott

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noun

An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.

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Meanings

noundrott (plural drotts)

plural drotts

  1. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.

    The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.

    1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years, page 158

Origin

From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.

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APA

drott. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drott

MLA

“drott.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drott. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drott,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drott.

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