side-discharge shovel

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side-discharge shovel [′sīd ¦dis‚chärj ′shəv·əl]

(mining engineering)

A shovel loader having a 21-cubic-foot (0.59-cubic-meter) bucket, hinged to the chassis to dig, lift, and discharge the material sideways onto a scraper or a belt conveyor.

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