Meanings
nounshovelling (plural shovellings)
plural shovellings · alternative shoveling
- The act by which something is shovelled.
The latter is usually executed two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings; but in the work in question, we should go down between three and four spits, without any shovellings.
1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide
Translations
Danish gravning
- gravningTranslations
Finnish lapiointi, luonti
- lapiointiTranslations
- luontiTranslations
Icelandic mokstur
- moksturTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål måking, skuffing
- måkingTranslations
- skuffingTranslations
- gravingTranslations
Swedish skottning
- skottningTranslations
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APA
shovelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shovelling
MLA
“shovelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shovelling. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shovelling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shovelling.
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