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(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil..
The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield.
On London Underground, there are the cut-and-cover lines running just below the surface, and the Tubes properly so-called, which are on average about 40 feet down.
Use cut-and-cover when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cut-and-cover means (construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil..
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The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield.
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