cribbing

[ krib-ing ]
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noun
  1. Veterinary Medicine.Also called crib-bit·ing [krib-bahy-ting], /ˈkrɪbˌbaɪ tɪŋ/, wind-sucking . an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.

  2. Mining.

    • a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.

    • pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.

  1. Building Trades, Civil Engineering. a system of cribs, as for retaining earth or for a building or the like being moved or having its foundations rebuilt.

Origin of cribbing

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First recorded in 1635–45; crib + -ing1

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How to use cribbing in a sentence

  • "cribbing," often excused by people who do not stop to think, is the small beginning of a big evil.

  • He slowly raised up his eyes, shame-facedly, like a schoolboy detected cribbing, when the master steals up behind.

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