Civils
//sɪvl̩z// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 civil engineering informal, uncountable
"The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it."
Proper Noun
- 1 plural of Civil form-of, plural
Example
More examples"The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it."
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