cut and cover

English

Noun

cut and cover (uncountable)

(construction, engineering) A method of building a tunnel by digging a trench, constructing tunnel walls therein, and refilling the trench with earth.

Alternative forms

cut-and-cover (adjective)

Translations

method of building tunnels

Spanish: excavado y enterrado

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