Lexicographical Neighbors of Cribwork
Literary usage of Cribwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Into this drain several hundred driven wells (Fig. 13) which yield over 45
acre-feet of water per day. 119. Underground cribwork. ..."
2. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Underground cribwork.—Submerged cribs were planned for the American Water Company
on Cherry Creek in Colorado, and have been used by the Citizens' Water ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"cribwork. Same as Grillage. (See abo Foundation.) CRICKET. A piece of sloped
roofing laid in an otherwise horizontal valley so as to produce one or more ..."
4. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1893)
"Underground cribwork or Tunnels.—Submerged cribs have been ... This cribwork is
70 feet in height, and its crest is 3 feet below the bed of the stream. ..."
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