1838 C. Darwin in (1887) I. 292 The good science of rock-breaking.
1916 G. J. Young vi. 115 The final measure of success in planning the details of rock breaking, etc., is the advance made in a given time.
2002 M. McGrath (2003) xviii. 176 Afternoon brought the ‘grades’, work of varying arduousness, from weaving to rock-breaking.