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cut-and-cover

[kuht-n-kuhv-er]
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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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Nearby words

  1. cut to the bone,
  2. cut to the chase,
  3. cut to the quick,
  4. cut up,
  5. cut velvet,
  6. cut-and-dried,
  7. cut-and-paste,
  8. cut-and-try,
  9. cut-card work,
  10. cut-grass

Origin of cut-and-cover

First recorded in 1830–40
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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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