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Dredging

Scope note

Digging or pulling out with a dredge, especially for the purpose of deepening a body of water, searching for foreign objects in a body of water, or for keeping waterways clean.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300053705

Equivalent Terms used

dredged

Created

13yrs ago

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