cribwork

[krib-wurk]

noun Building Trades, Civil Engineering.

a system of cribs; cribbing.

Origin of cribwork

crib + work

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Historical Examples of cribwork

The contract also provided that the cribwork should be of sufficient strength to carry stone facing hereafter.
Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years
Samuel Thompson
Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.
Motor Truck Logging Methods
Frederick Malcolm Knapp
Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Anonymous
This was continued until five or six sets of beams had extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National Park
Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for cribwork

cribwork

noun

another name for crib (def. 16)

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