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Definition of Backhoe
1. Noun. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
Definition of Backhoe
1. Noun. A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm; drawn backwards to move earth. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly US Canada Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted backhoe. ¹
3. Verb. To excavate using such equipment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backhoe
1. to use a backhoe (a type of excavating machine) [v -HOED, -HOEING, -HOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backhoe
Literary usage of Backhoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"It was discovered that when a ROPS was installed on a tractor with the
threepoint-hitch-mounted backhoe, a crush point between the elevating backhoe boom ..."
2. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"Depending upon streambank conditions, removal of the pervious material by bulldozer,
front end loader, or backhoe can be relatively inexpensive. ..."
3. Alternative Wastewater Collection Systems Manual (1994)
"Many contractors use a backhoe for the service line excavation, since this same
equipment is also required for the excavation of the valve pit, ..."
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