cribwork
[krib-wurk]
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noun Building Trades, Civil Engineering.
Origin of cribwork
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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 YearsSamuel Thompson
Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.
Motor Truck Logging MethodsFrederick Malcolm Knapp
Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National Park, ColoradoAnonymous
This was continued until five or six sets of beams had extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
Mesa Verde National ParkAnonymous
cribwork
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