Where Does the Word Grubbing Come from?

The Middle English verb grubben, grobben “to dig the earth (with a tool)” comes from an unrecorded Old English verb grybban, grubbian and is akin to Gothic graban “to dig,” Old High German grubilōn “to dig, search for,” Middle Dutch grobben, and Dutch grobbelen “to root about, feel about for something.”

What does Grubbin mean in slang?

to work unceasingly, esp at a dull task or research. 5. slang. to provide (a person) with food or (of a person) to take food.

What does the term grubbing mean?

Grubbing or clearing denotes the removal of trees, shrubs, stumps, and rubbish from a site, often from the site on which a transportation or utility corridor, e. g. a road or power line; an edifice, e. g. a home or office; or a garden is to be constructed.