Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. cutting equipment
8. cutting tools

Narrower term/s

• ditching spades
• garden spades
• long handle spades
• kāheru

Anotations

Scope note:

Tools intended for cutting, digging, or removing earth or turf, in the form of a wooden haft attached to an oblong metal blade. The haft usually has a cross-bar or handle at the end for grasping while forcing the metal blade into the ground with the foot. The blade itself is often formed to accommodate foot pressure. For similar tools with longer handles or hafts and broader blades intended for moving matter, use "shovels."