1
: material for use in making a crib
2
: a vice of horses in which they grasp a solid object (such as a stall door) with their teeth and gulp air
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Another, in the gated community of Portuguese Bend, is perched on eight feet of timber cribbing, a makeshift remedy that essentially suspends the property on supersize Jenga blocks.
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Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
In a televised interview with Katie Couric, Viswanathan acknowledged the similarities but claimed any cribbing was unintentional.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022
Moments later the fire department arrived on the scene successfully stabilizing the machinery with cribbing and airbags while providing medical attention to the patient.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
Since the bell’s cribbing, Kalicky had wanted to restore its full function but more pressing repairs and restorations to the church always took precedence.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2021
At that moment, a bear’s head popped up from behind the cribbing.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 Dec. 2020
The bear picked around the loose bait that was scattered across the ground in front of the cribbing logs.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 Dec. 2020
Firefighters used hydraulic rams and wood cribbing to help free the woman's arm, the fire department said in a Facebook post.
—Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
Inflatable air bags were used along with wooden blocks, known as cribbing, to free the victim after the morning crash in the 2600 block of Virginia Avenue, near the Watergate complex.
—Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2018
Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
In a televised interview with Katie Couric, Viswanathan acknowledged the similarities but claimed any cribbing was unintentional.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2022
Moments later the fire department arrived on the scene successfully stabilizing the machinery with cribbing and airbags while providing medical attention to the patient.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
Since the bell’s cribbing, Kalicky had wanted to restore its full function but more pressing repairs and restorations to the church always took precedence.
—Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2021
At that moment, a bear’s head popped up from behind the cribbing.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 Dec. 2020
The bear picked around the loose bait that was scattered across the ground in front of the cribbing logs.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 Dec. 2020
Firefighters used hydraulic rams and wood cribbing to help free the woman's arm, the fire department said in a Facebook post.
—Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
Inflatable air bags were used along with wooden blocks, known as cribbing, to free the victim after the morning crash in the 2600 block of Virginia Avenue, near the Watergate complex.
—Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2018
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cribbing
noun
crib·bing
ˈkrib-iŋ 
: a habit of horses in which they grasp a solid object (such as a stall door) with their teeth and gulp air
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