English
backhoe
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbæk.həʊ/
Noun

backhoe (plural backhoes)

  1. A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.
  2. (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.
    • 1967 June, Charles E. Rhine, How to Rent a Backhoe, Popular Science, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jSEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA149&dq=%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22+-intitle:%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22&hl=en&ei=ZnK-TsOuIKGfiAeYxPWFBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22&f=false page 149],
      The backhoe is only one type of heavy equipment for rent. […] I heard about a couple of tool-rental outfits near Chicago that were doing a brisk business renting backhoes and other heavy equipment to homeowners
    • 2010, Robert Day, Foundation Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0VtHuJNls5MC&pg=SA2-PA49&dq=%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22+-intitle:%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22&hl=en&ei=MH6-Tuf0BIOtiQeAvqWhBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22backhoe%7Cbackhoes%22&f=false page 2.49],
      Backhoe pits and trenches are an economical means of performing subsurface exploration. The backhoe can quickly excavate the trench that can then be used to observe and test the in situ soil (see Fig. 2.29).
Synonyms
  • (multi-purpose) backhoe loader, loader excavator, backhoe endloader
  • (digger) excavator
Translations Translations Verb

backhoe (backhoes, present participle backhoeing; past and past participle backhoed)

  1. To excavate using such equipment.


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