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cut-and-cover
[ kuht-n-kuhv-er ]
/ ˈkʌt nˈkʌv ər /
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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.
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Origin of cut-and-cover
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby cut-and-cover
cut across, cut a deal, cut adrift, cut along, cut a long story short, cut-and-cover, cut-and-dried, cut and fill, cut-and-paste, cut and run, cut and thrust
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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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