Plural of cribwork; multiple wooden framework structures made of crossed bars or logs used in construction or mining.
Simply the plural form of 'cribwork,' adding '-s' to indicate multiple structures or instances of wooden framework construction.
During the California Gold Rush and other mining booms, massive cribworks were built to shore up underground tunnels—some Victorian-era mines still have original wooden cribworks that have lasted over 150 years!
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