diggability
English
Etymology
From dig + -ability or diggable + -ity.
Noun
diggability (uncountable)
- The quality of being diggable.
- 2018 October 24, Pier Matteo Barone, W. J. Mike Groen, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Forensic Archaeology: Topics discussed during the European Meetings on Forensic Archaeology (EMFA), Springer, →ISBN, page 63:
- […] peatlands/moors are dynamic environments, subject to rapid change (bogslides) and excavation is extremely difficult/ hazardous due the collapse of the sidewalls and water ingress. The location and diggability of peat have resulted in peatlands being the focus of searches for items of forensic interest […]