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

plural of shovel test

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

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

plural of northern shoveler

(Ireland) Severely admonished; castigated.

A broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy of the Church of England.

plural of shovel hat

Alternative spelling of shovel-ready

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