What does cut-and-cover mean?

cut-and-cover

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

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"The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield."
"On London Underground, there are the cut-and-cover lines running just below the surface, and the Tubes properly so-called, which are on average about 40 feet down."

cut and cover (alternative)

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