earthmovern.

Brit.

/ˈəːθˌmuːvə/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌmuvər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, mover n.¹

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + mover n.¹ Compare slightly earlier earth moving n. 2.

A vehicle or machine designed to excavate large quantities of soil. Also occasionally: a person employed to do this.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > excavator

steam shovel1801

steam trowel1801

excavator1843

earthmover1871

navvy1877

steam-navvy1881

backhoe1928

Traxcavator1940

back-acter1957

1871 Times 20 Sept. 7/4 We are not the only engineers, railway makers, tunnel borers, earth movers, stone cutters and what not in the world.

1879 Cambr. (Ohio) Jeffersonian 6 Mar. (advt.) Best Earth Mover In the Market.

1941 Agric. Engineering 22 24/1 Profit by experience of earth movers.

1959 B.S.I. News June 10/2 Giant earth~mover tyres.

1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin lxvi. 384 The Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Salem arrived, loaded with earthmovers and helicopters.

2007 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 9 After finishing school, Kurt Phelps..worked as an earthmover with his father's Queensland business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earthmover
释义	earthmovern. Brit. /ˈəːθˌmuːvə/, U.S. /ˈərθˌmuvər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, mover n.¹ Etymology: < earth n.¹ + mover n.¹ Compare slightly earlier earth moving n. 2. A vehicle or machine designed to excavate large quantities of soil. Also occasionally: a person employed to do this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > excavator steam shovel1801 steam trowel1801 excavator1843 earthmover1871 navvy1877 steam-navvy1881 backhoe1928 Traxcavator1940 back-acter1957 1871 Times 20 Sept. 7/4 We are not the only engineers, railway makers, tunnel borers, earth movers, stone cutters and what not in the world. 1879 Cambr. (Ohio) Jeffersonian 6 Mar. (advt.) Best Earth Mover In the Market. 1941 Agric. Engineering 22 24/1 Profit by experience of earth movers. 1959 B.S.I. News June 10/2 Giant earth~mover tyres. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin lxvi. 384 The Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Salem arrived, loaded with earthmovers and helicopters. 2007 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 9 After finishing school, Kurt Phelps..worked as an earthmover with his father's Queensland business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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