Definition of Excavetion
Ex`ca*va"tion (?), n. [L.
excavatio: cf. F. excavation.] 1.
The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting,
scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or
scooping. "A winding excavation." Glover.
3. (Engin.) (a) An
uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered
cutting or tunnel. (b) The
material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
The delivery of the excavations at a distance
of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
- The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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