cut-and-cover adjective 1cut and cover noun 1 adjective1 •A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.The greater part of the railway was built on the cut-and-cover principle, but some sections were tunnelled with a head shield. — 1950 cut and cover noun1 •A method of building a tunnel by digging a trench, constructing tunnel walls therein, and refilling the trench with earth.
