SHOVEL

SHOVEL. → A utensil in the tabernacle Ex 27:3; 38:3; Nu 4:14 → Temple 1Ki 7:40; Jer 52:18

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shovel. Shovel, [shuvl] n. a utensil broader than a spade

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Shov″el (?), n. [[OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc�vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. √160. See Shove, v. t.]] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, — worn by some clergy of the English Church. — Shovelspur (Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, — used in burrowing. — Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.