Definition of Substructions. Meaning of Substructions. Synonyms of Substructions

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Definition of Substructions

Substruction
Substruction Sub*struc"tion, n. [L. substructio, fr. substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under + struere to build.] (Arch.) Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground. It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. --Evelyn.

Meaning of Substructions from wikipedia

- bank on which the building was set, large support structures, called substructions, were created in the northern part, and substantial cuts were made to...
- the promontory on the west of it; under the Hotel Bellevue Syrene are substructions and a rock-hewn tunnel. To the north-west on the Capo di Sorrento is...
- from those emplo**** in tunnel-driving. For urban development, such substructions are regarded as particularly useful for providing large open spaces...
- by the 193-metre-wide (633-foot) Pergamon Bridge, the largest bridge substruction of antiquity. According to Christian tradition, in the year 92 Saint...
- water] arrives at the bottom, let it be carried level by means of a low substruction as great a distance as possible; this is the part called the venter,...
- advocated the undermining of the system via subversion and construction ("substruction"). It then presents a plan and a ****ure history in which humanity transitions...
- Suessa, where there are some fragments of the ancient walls, and m****ive substructions, probably those of a temple. The hill on which it stood forms part of...
- Example of opus mixtum in the substruction of Brest Castle, France...
- occupied by a castle, converted into a prison; a small portion of the substructions, built of very large and m****ive stones is all that remains of the ancient...
- have all been carried away, but many of the stones which formed their substruction remain. Immediately below the theatre, on the s****, are the ruins of...