Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) to remove something by shoveling or digging. 2 (context transitive English) to remove something using a scooping movement.
Usage examples of "shovel out".
I thrust the shovel out again, against the upper teeth, thrusting back, shouting.
There, holding the shovel out level, he turned slowly round, one complete turn, and Calcifer turned with him, sky-blue and staring with panic.
He took the shovel out of my hand, walked to a dip in the sandbar where the water from two sloughs had washed a small channel, and dug deeply and easily into the wet sand and flung it out into the sunlight, his face grinning at me.
Reluctantly, Rastim pulled a battered shovel out from under the bench and tossed it down to Rian, then he shook the reins and the wagon rolled on.
In any case, in that section of the castle, Waterhouse finds a place where there's not too much rubble to shovel out, and where they can quickly enclose an adequate space with a combination of tarps and planks.
He would shovel out the bedroom and use the manual labor to clear his mind.