backhoe
(noun) an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backhoe (plural backhoes)
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.
• (multi-purpose): backhoe loader, loader excavator, backhoe endloader
• (digger): excavator
backhoe (third-person singular simple present backhoes, present participle backhoeing, simple past and past participle backhoed)
To excavate using such equipment.
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
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