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单词 cribwork
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cribwork

[ krib-wurk ]
/ ˈkrɪbˌwɜrk /

noun Building Trades, Civil Engineering.

a system of cribs; cribbing.

Origin of cribwork

crib + work

Words nearby cribwork

cribrate, cribration, cribriform, cribrum, crib-wall, cribwork, cricetid, Crichton, crick, cricket, cricket frog
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Example sentences from the Web for cribwork

  • Where they are absolutely necessary a serviceable bridge is made of cribwork.

    Motor Truck Logging Methods|Frederick Malcolm Knapp
  • Normally five or six sets of beams extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.

    Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Anonymous
  • This was continued until five or six sets of beams had extended this cribwork almost to the ground level.

    Mesa Verde National Park|Anonymous
  • The contract also provided that the cribwork should be of sufficient strength to carry stone facing hereafter.

    Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years|Samuel Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for cribwork

cribwork
/ (ˈkrɪbˌwɜːk) /

noun

another name for crib (def. 16)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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