прору́бка

rare #66738nounfeminineinanimatecountable

1.
cutting through, hewing through, breaking through
Прору́бка просеки заняла́ всю неде́лю.
Cutting the lane through the forest took the whole week.
Verbal noun from «прорубить»; often of cutting a lane through forest or an opening in a wall or ice.

Examples

Прорубка окна в старой стене заняла много времени.
Cutting a window through the old wall took a lot of time.
Рабочие занимались прорубкой просеки в лесу.
The workers were cutting a clearing through the forest.
После прорубки льда рыбаки начали ловить рыбу.
After cutting a hole in the ice, the fishermen began fishing.