n. [ Cf. G. schutt rubbish. ] (Mining) A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines. [ Written also shode. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [ Written also shoding. ] Pryce. [ 1913 Webster ]