spudding shoe
English
Noun
spudding
shoe
(
plural
spudding shoes
)
(
oil industry
)
A
specialized
drilling
tool
used in the early
stages
of
drilling
an
oil
,
gas
, or
water
well
,
consisting
of a
short
,
heavy
tube
with a
hardened
cutting
surface
, that is
attached
to the
bottom
of the first
section
of a
well
's
casing
.