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shovelling, vbl. n.|ˈʃʌv(ə)lɪŋ|
[f. shovel v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action or an act of shovel v.
αc1440Promp. Parv. 448/2 Schovelynge, tribulatus. 1827H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 192 Two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings. a1832S. Warren Diary Physic. xvi, Shovelling in was surprisingly easier than shovelling out!
2. Something which is shovelled up. Usually pl.
α1653W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (ed. 3) 145 The shovelling of Streets and Yards, and Highwaies..is very good both, of it self, and compounded with other Soyl, Manure, Mud, or Straw. 1733W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 277 Parings of Turf, or Shovelings of Highways may be mix'd with Lime and Chalk. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 129 The shovelings from the ditches in road sides.
β1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §17 And if it [the dung] be medled with erthe, as sholynges and suche other, it wyll laste the longer. |