Definition of Cribworks

1. cribwork [n] - See also: cribwork

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cribworks

cribriform
cribriform area of the renal papilla
cribriform fascia
cribriform hymen
cribriform plate
cribriform plate of ethmoid bone
cribriform plates
cribrose
cribrous
cribrous lamina
cribrum
cribs
cribsheet
cribsheets
cribwork
cribworks (current term)
cricetid
cricetids
cricetulus
crichtonite
cricify
cricked
cricket
cricket-bat willow
cricket ball
cricket bat
cricket bats
cricket equipment
cricket field

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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