scoop ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

hollow out scoops with an adze or axe.

Quotations

1863

You chop and I'll scoop for a start.

1947

. . . some of the others were able to scoop out the logs into long wooden tiles for the roof

2v.

roof with scoops.

1896

Shanties could easily be raised and scooped and made tight, but many were not content with shanties.