Cut-and-cover

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Adjective
  1. 1
    A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil. not-comparable

    "The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield."

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"The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield."

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