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Underbuilding

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substructure; foundation; infrastructure.

    "It appears from the evidence that although the Dean of Guild authorities considered the defective underbuilding to have been sufficient to warrant the demolition of the wall, it must have otherwise been in a weak and decayed condition."

Etymology

From underbuild (“to build beneath, lay a foundation for”), equivalent to underbuild + -ing.

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