front-end loader

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of front-end loader

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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 • Dec. 28, 2022

Kurdish fighters heaved them one by one into the shovel of a yellow front-end loader, which moved them into a 40-foot gravel truck to be taken away for burial.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2022

A front-end loader pawed at a pile of scrap metal several stories high and heaped all the way to the river’s edge.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2019

At sunrise in Pensacola Beach, Fla., a small front-end loader was scraping sand off a parking lot and returning it to the nearby beach.

From Time • Oct. 8, 2017

At one point, to reward McCandless with a task that involved slightly more skill, Westerberg attempted to teach him to operate a front-end loader.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer