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cut-and-cover

adj

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  1. A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench,…

    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.

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