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Cribbing vs Tribbing - What's the difference?

cribbing | tribbing |

As nouns the difference between cribbing and tribbing

is that cribbing is the members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork while tribbing is (rare|slang) vulva-to-vulva sexual intercourse with legs intertwined.

As a verb cribbing

is present participle of crib.

cribbing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Present participle of crib.

    • Noun

  • The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork.
  • As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
  • :After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse.
  • :If the structure is to be raised in place without relocation, once it is raised to the desired elevation the jacks are replaced with timber cribbing. -- US Army Corps of Engineers site
  • The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.
  • (ethology, horses) A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure and regarded as an equine form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    • tribbing

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rare, slang) Vulva-to-vulva sexual intercourse with legs intertwined.
    • My orgasms are much stronger tribbing with a girl than having sex with a boy.
  • * 2009 , Herb Schultz, Architect's Rendition , page 150:
    • Ninety minutes earlier, Vicki was sprawled in bed, lips dry, nipples sore, and chest still heaving after an hour of kissing, fondling, tribbing , tonguing, and the commission of other acts of passionate love-making.
  • * 2011 , Reggie Chesterfield, Hot and Dirty Wives , page 41:
    • She loved tribbing and knew that this was going to be a great experience.

    See also

    * tribadism