substruction
underbuilding; substructure
Noun
- underbuilding; substructure
- It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. - 1644 November 17 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 8 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the...
- foundation; base
Origin
Borrowed from Latin substructio, from substruere, substructum (“to build beneath”), from sub (“under”) + struere (“to build”).