backhoe

Meanings

Noun

• A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth.
• A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.

Verb

• To excavate using such equipment.

Related

Similar words

• backhoe loader, loader excavator, backhoe endloader
• excavator

Origin

• From back + hoe.