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backhoe loader

noun

Etymology

backhoe + loader. From being a combination tractor vehicle with a back-end digger unit and a front-end loader unit.

  1. derived from *leyt-✻
  2. inherited from *laidō✻
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. suffixed as loader — “load + er”
  6. compounded as backhoe loader — “backhoe + loader”

Definitions

  1. A type of heavy equipment, a wheeled tractor unit with an excavator arm on the back and a…

    A type of heavy equipment, a wheeled tractor unit with an excavator arm on the back and a payloader attachment on the front, and usually having hydraulic outrigger arms for stabilization. Such tractors frequently have the excavator bucket replaced by other attachments such as a jackhammer, and may have forklift forks replacing the loader bucket attachment.

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