shovelful

Archeologists call this report “the final shovelful of dirt” on the European hypothesis.

Pray to God for mercy until the last shovelful of earth is cast upon thy grave.

She took her little fire-shovel, and began to take up the coal, a shovelful at a time, and carry it into the cellar.

Each man had a small wooden platter, into which another slave, who stood behind him, put a shovelful of purified cascalho.