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Meaning:

Noun:

  • As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
  • A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure and regarded as an equine form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.
  • The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork.

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Verb:

  • Present participle of crib.

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