- Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or
permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which
is chiefly earth. - The operation connected with excavations and embankments
of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals,
railroads, etc. - An embankment or construction made of earth.
- of Underpin - The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting
by stones, masonry, or the like. - That by which a building is underpinned; the material
and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already
constructed. - The foundation, esp. of a frame house.
- Little Robert put nib back on spool - Reel - Sewing machine reel - Small reel - Spool Bob placed on bin - A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most
commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is
wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a
slight tension. - A spool or reel of various material and construction, with
a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its
length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to
hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing
machines, etc.