shovelful (shuvlful)

[ Not a shovelful of earth had been thrown up in those three weeks to fortify either the Federal camps or the ap pro a conte Pavilion shovel-hat (shuv'l-hat), n. A broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides and projecting in front, worn by clergymen of the Church of England. de Paris, War America (trans.), I. 535. The profe ion of this gentleman's companion was unmistakable - the shovel - hat , the clerical cut of the coat, the neck-cloth without collar. Bulwer , My Novel, xi. 2. Whereas the English Johnson only bowed to every Clergyman, or man with a shovel - hat , I would bow to every Man with any sort of hat, or with no hat whatever. Carlyle , Sartor Resartus, iii. 6. shovelhead (shuv'l-hed), n. 1. The shovel headed sturgeon, Scaphirhynchops platyrhyn IMG:content-0945.png:[blocks in formation]