cribwork
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cribwork
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He sank brush with hundreds of bags of sand, made cribwork filled with whatever rubbish came to his hand, and soon he had the makings of a temporary dam, rude, but effective.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
Owing, however, to the fact that the price of timber has increased considerably, whilst that of Portland cement has been reduced, durable concrete superstructures are beginning to be substituted for the rapidly decaying cribwork structures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.
From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior
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.
From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp
Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.
From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp
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