(American spelling) simple past tense and past participle of steam-shovel (alternative form of steam shoveled)

(American spelling) simple past tense and past participle of steam shovel

(historical) An excavating machine designed to effect a shovelling action through steam power. / (by extension) Any excavating machine of similar design, no matter how powered.

(transitive) To excavate (a place, or something from a place) using a steam shovel. / (intransitive) To operate a steam shovel.

plural of steam shovel

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steam shovel

present participle of steam shovel

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steam-shovel (alternative form of steam shovels)

present participle of steam-shovel (alternative form of steam shovelling)

(American spelling) present participle of steam-shovel (alternative form of steam shoveling)