cribbing

[ krib-ing ]

/ ˈkrɪb ɪŋ /

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noun

Veterinary Medicine.Also called crib-biting, wind-sucking. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.

Mining.

a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.
pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.

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.

Origin of cribbing

First recorded in 1635–45; crib + -ing¹

Words nearby cribbing

cria, crib, cribbage, cribbage board, cribber, cribbing, crib-bite, crib-biting, crib death, cribellum, cribnote

Example sentences from the Web for cribbing

Gibbs' cribbing: "milk," "bread," "eggs," "hope," and "change."
Sarah Palin's Money Man|Samuel P. Jacobs|February 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The test shows a high correlation with mental age, but more than most others it is subject to the influence of cribbing.
The Measurement of Intelligence|Lewis Madison Terman
Say, I've discovered who's been cribbing all those pretty little stones up at my aunt's!
Fred Fenton on the Crew|Allen Chapman
How long do you suppose it would take to get the cribbing down from Ledyard?
Calumet 'K'|Samuel Merwin

Hour by hour the piles of cribbing dwindled, and on the elevator the distance from bin walls to post-tops grew shorter.
Calumet 'K'|Samuel Merwin
When the Central Branch Railroad was built, the company took corn of settlers in payment for lands, cribbing it by the road.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler|Pardee Butler

单词	cribbing
释义	cribbing [ krib-ing ] / ˈkrɪb ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cribbing ON THESAURUS.COM noun Veterinary Medicine.Also called crib-biting, wind-sucking. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air. Mining. a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise. pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc. 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. Origin of cribbing First recorded in 1635–45; crib + -ing¹ Words nearby cribbing cria, crib, cribbage, cribbage board, cribber, cribbing, crib-bite, crib-biting, crib death, cribellum, cribnote Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cribbing Gibbs' cribbing: "milk," "bread," "eggs," "hope," and "change." Sarah Palin's Money Man\|Samuel P. Jacobs\|February 10, 2010\|DAILY BEAST The test shows a high correlation with mental age, but more than most others it is subject to the influence of cribbing. The Measurement of Intelligence\|Lewis Madison Terman Say, I've discovered who's been cribbing all those pretty little stones up at my aunt's! Fred Fenton on the Crew\|Allen Chapman How long do you suppose it would take to get the cribbing down from Ledyard? Calumet 'K'\|Samuel Merwin Hour by hour the piles of cribbing dwindled, and on the elevator the distance from bin walls to post-tops grew shorter. Calumet 'K'\|Samuel Merwin When the Central Branch Railroad was built, the company took corn of settlers in payment for lands, cribbing it by the road. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler\|Pardee Butler Words related to cribbing infringement, piracy, falsification, take, purloin, filch, swipe, reproduce, affect, mimic, replicate, resemble, mislead, fleece, hoodwink, delude, bilk, con, dupe, trick
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cribbing

noun

Origin of cribbing

Words nearby cribbing

Example sentences from the Web for cribbing

Words related to cribbing