cribbing (0 synonym found)

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Definition of cribbing:

(v) : present participle of crib
(n) : the members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork; as a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
"after the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embaracadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse."

Definition of cribbing:

(v) : present participle of crib
(n) : the members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork; as a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
"after the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embaracadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse."

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