superincumbent
Example Sentences
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Much of the superincumbent earth and stone had fallen, dislodged by the vibrations caused by the picks of the men smashing up the chalk blocks, and the passage was completely choked.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Notwithstanding the care taken to shore them up, the roofs of the abandoned quarries still give way occasionally under the superincumbent weight.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William
But grasping is not so easy; or rather it is not so easy to pull a fish up through two feet of superincumbent water which opposes the quick passage of the arm.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard
Each too had its label of stone superincumbent, and projecting from the brick-work, which might leave the period of construction somewhat doubtful—but the gables decided the fact.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
It was buried up in a mass of superincumbent ruins, and was only brought to light in the course of my laborious excavations.
From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.
