EXCAVATION

excavation. Excavation, n. a hollow made by art or force

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Ex′ca‐va″tion (?), n. [[L. excavatio: cf. F. excavation.]] 1. 1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. 2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. “A winding excavation.” Glover.
3. 3. (Engin.) (a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. (b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.