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Backhoes

Scope note

Excavating machines used for cutting trenches with a boom-mounted bucket which is drawn through the ground toward the machine.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022296

Broader Terms used

excavating equipment

Equivalent Terms used

backhoe

Created

13yrs ago

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