shovelling

English

Alternative forms

• shoveling (US)

Verb

shovelling

1. (British spelling) present participle of shovel

Noun

shovelling (plural shovellings)

1. The act by which something is shovelled.
   • 1828, Sir Henry Steuart, The Planter's Guide

     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.