mechanical shovel

English

Ruston Bucyrus 54RB Mechanical Shovel

Noun

mechanical shovel (plural mechanical shovels)

1. A type of excavator.
   • 1952 October, “Notes and News: Derailment near Shawford”, in Railway Magazine, page 710:

     A bulldozer and a mechanical shovel had prepared a path up the embankment at a slope of 1 in 13, […] .

Related terms

• power shovel
• steam shovel

References

• “mechanical shovel”, in Collins English Dictionary.