bellyscraper
English
Alternative forms
- belly-scraper, belly scraper
Etymology
belly + scraper.
- (earthmoving heavy equipment): From having a blade that scrapes the ground on the bottom "belly" of the vehicle.
Noun
bellyscraper (plural bellyscrapers)
- (construction, mining) A piece of earthmoving equipment used to level land and build roads. A heavy equipment machinery with a blade on the bottom and a hopper on top, that can carry, scrape-up, and lay-down material.
- Synonyms: scraper, earthscraper, scraper-trailer, tractor-scraper
- Coordinate terms: grader, dozer, steamroller