Lexicographical Neighbors of Cribworks
Literary usage of Cribworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Water-supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1905)
"At the station the water passes between the cribworks of the bridge abutments.
The river bed is made up of coarse gravel and cobblestones. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Reclamation Service by United States Reclamation Service (1912)
"These are surrounded by cribworks 10 feet deep resting upon gravel and made
water-tight by a row of 10-inch sheeting at the upper and lower ends. ..."
3. Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Mortar Carriages, Model of by War Department, United States Army. Ordnance Dept, United States, Ordnance Department (1917)
"On the emplacement floor in front and rear of the racer make two parallel cribworks
of blocking longer than the width of the top carriage. ..."
4. A Manual of Forest Engineering for India by Charles Gilbert Rogers (1902)
"The stone-work was surmounted by timber cribworks, on which beams supporting the
roadway were laid. The sledge road proper was made entirely out of rejected ..."
5. Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Mortar Carriages, Model of by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1917)
"On the emplacement floor in front and rear of the racer make two parallel cribworks
of blocking longer than the width of the top carriage. ..."
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