different between earthmoving vs drott

English

Etymology

earth +? moving

Adjective

earthmoving (comparative more earthmoving, superlative most earthmoving)

1. (construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
2. (figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.

Related terms

• earthmover

See also

• earth-moving

Translations

English

Etymology

From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.

Noun

drott (plural drotts)

1. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
   • 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years (page 158)

     The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttinn

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)

1. (archaic) lord

References

• “drott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dr?t?/

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drottar, definite plural drottane)

1. (archaic) lord

References

• “drott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• drotte
• drotten (very rare)

Etymology

From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite suffix), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).

Noun

drott c

1. (archaic) king, ruler
2. (archaic) lord; nobility just below the king

Declension

This table shows modern forms. Until the 19th century the plural could be formed with -er instead of -ar.

References

• drott in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)