Underbuild - What does it mean?
underbuild | |
To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
*1900 , Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire archaeological journal: Volume 15 :
To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
*1903 , West Publishing Company, The Northeastern reporter: Volume 65 :
underbuild
English
Verb
- The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them.
- Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild , the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...]
