Shovelling - What does it mean?
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(British spelling)
The act by which something is shovelled.
* 1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide
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* (l) (US)Verb
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(en noun)- 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.