cribwork
[ krib-wurk ]
/ ˈkrɪbˌwɜrk /
noun Building Trades, Civil Engineering.
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Example sentences from the Web for cribwork
Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.
Motor Truck Logging Methods|Frederick Malcolm KnappNormally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|AnonymousThis was continued until five or six sets of beams had extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National Park|AnonymousThe 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
British Dictionary definitions for cribwork
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