After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse.
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Cribbing
//ˈkɹɪbɪŋ//
Synonyms for "cribbing" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- puunpurenta noun (self-injurious tendency of certain horses)
Japanese
1 entries- 齰癖 noun (self-injurious tendency of certain horses)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
US Army Corps of Engineers site If the structure is to be raised in place without relocation, once it is raised to the desired elevation the jacks are replaced with timber cribbing.
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[…] cribbings from Leonardo's notebooks […]
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