(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

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.

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

(Ireland) Severely admonished; castigated.

plural of shovel hat

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.

brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.