underbuilding

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underbuilding

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From underbuild (“to build beneath, lay a foundation for”), equivalent to underbuild + -ing.

noun underbuildings

A substructure; foundation; infrastructure. It appears from the evidence that although the Dean of Guild authorities considered the defective underbuilding to have been sufficient to warrant the demolition of the wall, it must have otherwise been in a weak and decayed condition.
Similar: substruction, groundwork

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@misc{underbuilding_2026,
  title = {underbuilding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underbuilding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}