cribbing

cribbing
 n.β€” Β«Another exercise teaches a group how to lift rubble off victims and support itβ€”a procedure called “cribbing”β€”so that injured people can be safely removed. A long iron rod is used to pry up rubble and short wooden blocks are inserted to prop it up.Β» β€”β€œLos Gatos Prepares Community For Disaster” by Alastair Dallas Los Gatos Observer (California) Oct. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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