DCHP-3

shovel

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

of a moose, the broad, flat part of the antler.

Quotations

1853
[[The moose's] horns flattened out to the breadth of shovels, weighed over sixty pounds.]
1966
[Caption] Most average size adults could stretch out quite comfortably in the shovels of the huge bull moose.
2n.

of a caribou, one of the small, flattened forward tines of the antler.

Quotations

1911
There is a round beam and six broad, flattened "shovels" of several points on a typical antler. The "armchair" form is worn by the barren-ground caribou, the extra long round beam of each antler curving backward, then rising and pointing its tines ahead, while two broad, short-stemmed "shovels" go straight forward over the face.
1939
The brow tines extend down over the muzzle, the tip expanding into a broad, vertical "shovel" bearing small points on its margin.