Rare form of call a spade a spade.

(Of a building project) ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.

(archaeology) An excavation unit of small extent and shallow depth, made quickly with a shovel or trowel to determine whether archeologically significant material is present below the ground surface.

(archaeology) To examine a site or area using one or more small excavation units.

plural of shovel test

(transitive) to remove something by shoveling or digging. / (transitive) to remove something using a scooping movement.

plural of northern shoveler

Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.

(computing) The redirection of the shell to a remote service so that input can be entered and output received without being physically present.

plural of winnowing-shovel