cribwork

[krib-wurk]

noun

Building Trades, Civil Engineering.

1. a system of cribs; cribbing.

cribwork

/ ˈkrɪbˌwɜːk /

noun

1. another name for crib

Word History and Origins

Origin of cribwork¹

crib + work

Example Sentences

To enter the lake from river St Clair two channels have been provided, with retaining walls of cribwork, one for upward, the other for downward bound vessels.

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Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.

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A landing is built of cribwork and the logs are simply rolled on the truck with peavies or cant hooks, or a parbuckle system with skids and horses is used.

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Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.

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Because a drive turned down the rapids would simply float all over the lake and have to be gathered up again, a task involving much time and trouble, the logs were always put through a narrow, inner channel protected by cribwork and booms, and caught in other booms below.

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