Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Substruction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Substruction \Sub*struc"tion\, n. [L. substructio, fr.
substruere, substructum, to build beneath; sub under +
struere to build.] (Arch.)
Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure
intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building
above the natural level of the ground.
It is a magnificent strong building, with a
substruction very remarkable. --Evelyn.
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