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Cribbing
Meaning
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of crib
Noun
●
The members used to
build
a (structural)
crib
, usually of
timbers
or
logs
, but also of
concrete
,
steel
or even
plastic
;
crib
work.
●
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,
●
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.
●
In Equestrianism, Ethology, Ethology & Horses:
A self-injurious
tendency
of certain
horses
to
swallow
air
while
slobbering
and
biting
onto
objects
in and about their
enclosure
;
cribbing
and
windsucking
are
regarded
as
equine
forms
of
obsessive-compulsive
disorder.
●
An
act
of plagiarism.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Related
Copying
Plagiarizing
Aping
Griping
Plagiarising
Rhymes
Ribbing
Bibbing
Cribbing
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