spudding shoe

noun

A specialized drilling tool used in the early stages of drilling an oil, gas, or water well, consisting of a short, heavy tube with a hardened cutting surface, that is attached to the bottom of the first section of a well's casing.

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Meanings

nounspudding shoe (plural spudding shoes)

plural spudding shoes

  1. oil industryA specialized drilling tool used in the early stages of drilling an oil, gas, or water well, consisting of a short, heavy tube with a hardened cutting surface, that is attached to the bottom of the first section of a well's casing.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spudding shoe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spudding%20shoe.

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