cribbing
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Also called wind-sucking. Also called crib-biting. Veterinary Medicine. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.
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Mining.
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a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.
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pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.
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Building Trades, Civil Engineering. a system of cribs, as for retaining earth or for a building or the like being moved or having its foundations rebuilt.
Etymology
Origin of cribbing
Example Sentences
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As a teaser trailer released late last year noted, with a bit of cribbing from Peter Jackson, “the age of toys is over.”
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
Firefighters secured the truck with “a grip hoist, grade 100 chain, and 6-inch vehicle strap cribbing, straps to keep the massively heavy vehicle from rolling any further forward,” fire officials posted on Facebook.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
The discipline already had a “massive plagiarism problem” with students borrowing computer code from friends or cribbing it from the internet, said MacKellar.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Devoted BTS Army fans know that Suga has an underground streak from his pre-BTS days, cribbing production notes from pioneering Korean rap acts like Epik High.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
My right-hand neighbour, jerking me by the elbow, exclaimed, “Hollo, you sir, there’s Jenkins, on the other side of you, cribbing your bread.”
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
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