"cut-and-cover" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1950 August, “Paris Metropolitan Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 505",
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        "A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil."
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        "(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil."
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        "(construction) A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil."
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