verb
- present participle of holk; to dig out or hollow out; to excavate or scoop out material from the ground or a surface
Usage: chiefly British dialect or regional; often used in mining or quarrying contexts
Examples
- The miners were holking out coal from the seam.
- They spent the day holking the foundation for the new building.
- The river was holking away at the riverbank over centuries.
- Workers were holking stone from the quarry.
- The erosion process involved water holking channels into the rock.