front-end loader

noun

1. a loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm located at the front of the vehicle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of front-end loader¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The city brought in a front-end loader to smooth out the land and pick up items from the ground.

From Seattle Times

One recent morning in Huwara, a Palestinian man maneuvered a front-end loader back and forth, clearing rocks and rubble that Israel Defense Forces soldiers had piled into a roadblock.

From New York Times

People were searching the debris when a cleric asked them to start digging graves, and it took a day to dig enough with a front-end loader, a bulldozer and many people.

From Seattle Times

Kazi Mohammad was using a snowblower in the driveway of a rental property trapped by a four-foot snow bank, dumped there by a front-end loader.

From Washington Post

HUWARA, West Bank — As an Israeli Army front-end loader approached, the Palestinian mayor tried one last time to stop the soldiers from blocking an intersection in Huwara, his town in the northern West Bank.

From New York Times