cut-and-cover
[ kuht-n-kuhv-er ]
/ ˈkʌt nˈkʌv ər /
noun
a method for digging a tunnel, laying pipe, etc., by cutting a trench, constructing the tunnel or laying the pipe in it, and covering with the excavated material.
Words nearby cut-and-cover
cut to the bone, cut to the chase, cut to the quick, cut up, cut velvet, cut-and-cover, cut-and-dried, cut-and-paste, cut-and-try, cut-card work, cut-grass
Origin of cut-and-cover
First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for cut-and-cover
The cut-and-cover, hurry-scurry methods of doing things, common on some Western farms, will not do in drainage work.
British Dictionary definitions for cut-and-cover
cut-and-cover
adjective
designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
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